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Summary: Brave, and beautiful
Review: Jewel Kilcher is my favorite artist and has been since her debut album Pieces of you. Her poetry was an inspiration to me to continue writing, and her words are bold, beautiful, and knowledgable. She is such an amazing person and I idoloze her in every way. She talks about her life in a form that many people do not understand. I find her book(s) to be informational, filled with morals and the best works that I have ever read. I hope that she never turns into one of these pop cultured people who write for more money and dont care about her fans.She is most definitely one in a million.
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Summary: Beautiful and Creative
Review: I have always been a fan of Jewel's work, and this book solidified my place as a fan. Her poetry is beautiful and filled with emotion.
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Summary: Glimpse of Simplicity
Review: This book of poetry by Jewel was a very "mind altering" experience for me; how articulate and direct she can be, but in the same breath she isn't quite so... She has a great command over the English language; also she is very artistic in the way words are put together to "paint" a wonderful picture in your mind.After I read this book, I then began writing poetry much in the fashion she had chosen to express her thoughts. Jewel was able to put down in words what a camera does capture in a picture. When you are reading this book, it is possible to feel as though you are on the Alaska tundra, or wherever she may be, sitting right beside her as she composes her thoughts. I highly recommend reading this book, you won't be disappointed.
I hope this is helpful- ENJOY
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Summary: Hear her voice
Review: I have her book in the form of audio. I think perhaps that is the best way to really hear her voice. After hearing he audio book it gave me insight in to this enigmatic artist. I gained respect for you. I think it's wonderful, it only helped me enjoy her music that much more. Joyce
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Summary: A heart without confinement
Review: These poems by Jewel are so nice! It doesn't matter if they do not follow what some people believe true petry to be "rhythm, stanza, and rhyme". This young lady has a style of her own. The simplicity of these poems follow very well the feelings and imagery that can compel the reader. I'm very proud that Jewel wrote these. Jewel, you should write more.
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Summary: "Night" evokes
Review: In her first CD, "Pieces of You," Jewel Kilcher included snippets of poetry written by her; though these poems were never recited on the CD, it gave a glimpse of artistic ambitions beyond simply singing. "A Night Without Armor," her first collection of poems, is not the best of its kind out there but makes up for its flaws with dreamy images and emotional evocations. Jewel wrote many excellent poems in this book, like the hopeful "You Tell Me," "I Look At Young Girls Now" where she views some awkwardly sexy teen girls, the thoughful and beautiful "Slow Migration of Glaciers," and the beautiful "Awaken, Love." However, sometimes her poems seem to be imbued with meaning that only she can know. "It Has Been Long" is virtually incomprehensible, "Sun Bathing" includes some rather icky images about a father and son ogling her breasts, and "Cautious" is just flat. A few of her poems are more like one-sentence thoughts than actual poems. The poetry also includes some similar lines to her songs, such as the poem that includes the line "kiss the flame." Her style is very unstructured, without much in the way of rhythm or meter. But many of them include very vivid imagery and familiar emotions. If you are not a poetry purist, and are willing to simply enjoy Jewel's words, thoughts, and memories, you will probably enjoy "Night." Hopefully we will end up seeing more of her poems as she learns to polish them further.
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Summary: Uneven first effort. Some great, some very shoddy.
Review: Reads in many places like an adolescent's third-period efforts. Much of it is sentimental, obvious, trite, overly narrative, and unschooled. Too many people think that poetry is purely subjective, and Jewel here falls into that trap. (Also, she has gotten the idea that a lot of high schoolers have about weird line breaks being the defining factor of a poem.. sigh.) But there's a lot of genius here, too. With some nuts and bolts techniques under her belt, and some more years behind her, this young lady may become a force to be reckoned with. Her command of imagery is primal (such as one poem's longing for a man "with wild things in his hair") and her choices of analogies and metaphors is, simply, terrific. I can easily put up with the high-school level stuff to get to the good stuff. In her foreward, she admits that she'd never have been published had she not been a megastar singer, which is, sadly, true; she also says that she included the fluff poems deliberately, the wisdom of which I question. I am hoping very much that we see more out of Jewel, and this time, I hope she takes it a bit more seriously and includes only quality works. Poetry buffs should not avoid this work just because it is written by the famous rock star Jewel.
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Summary: What Were You Expecting? Emily Dickinson?
Review: Of course this book [stinks]. But what do you expect from someone who: 1. Sings songs with lyrics that go: "I got my eggs I got my pancakes too/I got my maple syrup/Everything but you" 2. Has had her ego pampered for a very long time 3. Takes herself so seriously 4. Is under the age of 30 Hmm? And yes, it is awful that she sells so many copies... just because she's famous while true poets are still looking for a publisher, but if you're so concerned, then do what I did and get it from the library instead of rushing out to buy it. It's not worth cash anyway.
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Summary: Craptastic
Review: I can proudly say, I'm not a Jewel fan. And after spending an afternoon, reading this whole book--nothing has changed. I've heard more pleasant poetry emitted from various orifices in public restrooms. I can't believe I wasted $... on this dung heap of paper and ink...There may be no pretension in this work but there is no substance either...
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Summary: Honest and Without Pretense
Review: It's been quite some time since this book has hit the shelves, and it's been a while since I was the age Jewel was when most of these poems were written. I appreciated this collection of poetry for its candor and honesty, much like how her music is. I could relate to many poems, since both Jewel and I share the same similarity of being women, and I felt better afterwards knowing that someone else in the world had felt or is feeling the same things going through my heart and head. It helped remind me just how similar we all are. It's not Shakespeare, it's not Elizabeth Barret Browning, it's not Dickens. It's Jewel. I'm sure these aren't her best poems. I share the same viewpoint with Jewel and many of her supporters here on poetry. When I've displayed my poetry on my webpage, I wrote a little prologue that said something like this- "I didn't choose my best poems, my technically superior ones. I chose to display the poems I felt best depicted my growth over the years and were the dearest to me." I feel this is fitting because that was the stance Jewel took in displaying her work. For some poets, poetry is a method of creating art. For others, like Jewel, poetry is the method of storytelling they choose to share their thoughts and life. Keep in mind Jewel was a young girl when she had written most of these poems, but she decided to include her earlier work regardless. She had nothing to hide, and that is very brave. I know if I were to publish poetry, I would have definitely left out my earlier work for fear it'd be received as 'trite' or 'shallow.' But such is development and growth has to start somewhere. Putting out only what you believe would be the most well received poems is like having a first date- you put forth your best shoe. Jewel has done no such thing and has presented herself fully and honestly. Jewel's poetry and Jewel herself are inseparable. If you don't like Jewel, there's no way you can like her poetry. Poetry is without pretense. There are no rules to poetry, and I find it amusing that some people can say her poetry is not even poetry at all. Poetry is that which is not song, not story, yet is an art regardless. Poetry is how you handle the written word, how you mold it like a carpenter to best communicate not only ideals, but feelings. That is poetry at it's finest and simplist. There are no rules to poetry, and Jewel's book of poems has inspired me to search my boundaries as she has searched her won- not standards centered around Shakespeare or any other renowned poet, but my own standards. She has some mediocre poems, yes, but the striking ones outweigh that which is lacking. Her most striking poem was a verse that contained less than 20 words. It takes a lot to strike me that deeply, and I was quite impressed at how something that little, that insignificant on the surface, that quiet, could strike me like that. In a world where the destination matters more than the journey itself, I salute Jewel for her courage to put forth a collection of poems that centers around, and was created during, the journey itself.
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