A Night Without Armor : Poems

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Summary: Jewel is a good human
Review: Jewel's poems, unlike so many human poems of the past, actually makes sense

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Summary: Tin ear
Review: I don't really have anything against Jewel, she can write poetry if she wants to, just like anybody else. But I know good poetry when I hear it, and this isn't it. Like so much modern poetry, it seems like some prose that has been arbitrarily broken up into lines and called a poem. The lack of structure might be alleviated by a winning way with words, but Jewel can't seem to make the words sing on their own, without music to accompany them.

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Summary: Admirable effort, bad execution
Review: I admire anyone who puts themselves on the line like Jewel does with this book. However, she doesn't have the talent to make these poems interesting. It may be honest, but it is bad writing. And that why you read books -- for writing.

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Summary: WOW This is a Great Book!!
Review: Jewel is a great singer/song writer,and poetry writer. She is the best and I will ALWAYS look up to her no matter what!

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Summary: Oh my goodness
Review: Stick to music, Jewel. This is not even second-rate poetry. God help those of us who want to see good poetry reach the masses. . .

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Summary: A waterfall of sweet emotion flowing from the pen of a woman
Review: I found this book to be the simple summary of a modern woman's heart. Jewel's poetry brings insight to human behaivor. Her style is simple, however impacting. She proves that fancy words or outlandish topics aren't essential to good verse. The heart of a great poet lies in the emotion portrayed on paper.

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Summary: execellent writings from the heart
Review: I have found that many of these reviews are very critical of the nature of this book. People are critizing this book because most of the poems don't rhyme, or sometimes don't even make a complete sentence. But hating this book just because it doesn't fit YOUR critria of peotry really is not a good argument. I liked the book because it expresses a lot of feelings and emotions that come from the heart, and that come from the heart of someone who has loved, hated, and been hurt. Listening to the words, and almost living the words help make you understand what point she is getting across. This poetry sends empathy into the hearts of anyone who has truly loved, hated, or been hurt. Some of her poems I did find to be a little bland, sad, or disturbing, but overall, I did enjoy reading this book.

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Summary: Very enjoyable, but be prepared to read it more then once
Review: This poety book is a wonderful peak into the thoughts of Jewel. This poety gets rather deep and it doesn't rhyme, so if your not into that kind of poety, don't buy this book. It does teach you quite a bit about different kinds of poety.

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Summary: Ho hum
Review: Like many people young and old, Jewel apparently writes poetry in her spare time. However, she gets to publish it to the world because she is a rock star; and unlike John Lennon's, her poetry isn't all that interesting. Unlike a song lyric, a good poem must necessarily stand on its own as music made out of words - and this flat prose is anything but music.

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Summary: The defense of poetry
Review: Alright, I admit it, I'm a Jewel fan, but I'm not directly stepping up to her defense here...I haven't even read the book. But as I was reading the reviews posted I couldn't help noticing the many comments that insisted the book was bad becuase of it's autobiographical nature. That's what poetry is, an artful statement of one's experiences. I really don't know what the rest of you people have been reading, but as far as the more famous poets are concerned, most, if not all of their material is based on their lives and observations. Just because most of Jewel's poems aren't laid out in neat little rhymed verses for you does not mean that they are worth less artistic value than those of a poet that follows rigid rhyme scheme and poetic form. Anyways, there are only so many combinations of rhym that can be written, freeverse allows much more freedom and variation. Sorry to bother you, I just felt this needed to be said, even if you don't agree...