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Summary: Writing is a healer of the heart
Review: Writing is considered a healing method for people. By reading Mother Tongue I believe it did this purpose to its author. Peter Hargitai was able to convert all his pain and mixed emotions into art which is one way of seeing the beauty in life even if it was hurtful to him then and even now. In most of his poems he discusses problems dealing with his mother which can also reflect his father. For example in the poem titled "Seeds" Hargitai talks about how his mother would have preferred having another child other than him. This gives the sense that he was not loved by his mother the way his other siblings were. Yet through writing Hargitai is able to let all his feelings, compressed inside him through out the years, free.
The author's life parallels his book of poems. He was filled with resentment at first, but was able to grow and mature through the writing of these poems by forgiving. He describes that it was not as easy as writing one poem. This allows the reader to understand that the art of writing through out time, not only one poem but a couple, can be therapeutic, allowing all the inner emotions, conflict, and the pain to express themselves through the pen. This book can serve as an example to many of us who feel hurt inside and need to express ourselves.
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Summary: Feelings
Review: "Mother Tongue" by Peter Hargitai has been the best book of poems i have read so far in my life. This one truly stands out. The feelings and words of each and every poem reaches your heart. A son struggling for his mother's love. Pain, change, love, all in one. This one truly knocked me off my feet. It makes you feel what this little boy felt. Denial, hurt, but there's that sense of forgiveness that truly stands out. Even though he felt hurt, he loved. And this, to me, is something to truly admire. I recommend this book to the fullest.
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Summary: Review of Mother Tongue
Review: Although the poems in Mother Tongue are hard to understand, it is interesting to know that they depict someone's entire life. Many of the phrases used in the poems have double meanings which make the readers analyze them in different ways. Theses poems are also well detailed and placed in chronological order as if they were a story. Although there are many negative thoughts and feelings, this book of poems is a way for the author to heal himself and give himself closure in his wretched life.
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Summary: If you don't have a perfect mother
Review: If you are one of those types of people who don't have a perfect mother, this is a book for you. Basically he wrote about his pain as growing up with a mother but really without one. A mother is a person you look up too and he couldn't because of the type of person she was. This book is very sad and just makes you want to cry. This book of poems was very well written and is for anyone with a poetic heart.
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Summary: Mother Tongue
Review: Mother Tongue is a therapeutic collection of poems written by Peter Hargitai. In this work, he is able to acknowledge, release and forgive his pain for his mother and himself. After reading this strong collection of work you will feel refreshed and almost reborn. As you read you will certainly notice the evolution Mr. Hargitai endures and you will share in his emotion.
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Summary: Mother Tongue: A Broken Hungarian Love Song
Review: Mother Tongue is a uniquely and peculiar book of poems, not your typical book of rhyming poems that is easy to understand. No this book you have to put a sufficient amount of thinking to understand it. You might even catch yourself reading some poems over and over again to fully understand them and to get the correct meaning behind the words of the poems. Peter Hargitai is an emotional, intense writer who is able to put all his feelings on paper with many details. Some might say in able to write with such vicious emotions and to be able to be so depictive you must have a magnificent gift. It seems as if the author challenges every reader to try to decipher his intellectual work; it's a real obstacle.
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Summary: Read it!! It's Amazing
Review: Mother TongueMother Tongue is a book that consists of fifty-eight poems. These poems touch and reflect on all aspects the author's life, Peter Hargitai. Some poems describe emotions, feelings, thoughts, manners, and situations of his life. Different stages of his life are frequently mentioned in each of his poems. In fact, he not only mentioned himself in his poems, but also he mentions his family. All the struggles with his mother are describes in many poems. In addition, Mother Tongue describes his life as he grew up, and his romantic affairs. I like this book not only because is a poetry book and I enjoy reading poems, but also because the poems written in this book describes the author's life since he was a little boy and didn't even live in the United States. I think this is a very original, innovative, and unique way of letting people know a little about the author's life. Peter Hargitai poetry book "Mother Tongue" was a great idea of sharing his life with readers.
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Summary: Poems of the soul
Review: The author shows pictures of his soul through the writings in this collection of poems. Poems like "Waving Goodbye" are full of pain. The author writes uniquely,but freely. He expresses his feelings of sorrow, anger, unforgiveness, love, desire and loneliness in this collection. Even first time experiences are shown here like " My wife becomes a mother". We really see a piece of stages in Hargitai's life through his poems. It is a great book to inspire one to write about our feelings. a great teacher to shoqw us how to put what we can't say or show into words.
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Summary: From the Heart
Review: This book is very powerful and tounching. If you want to read and experience something that will touch you in a way that a lot of books don't, you must read Mother Tongue. This book is the story of Peter Hargitai's life and he invites you to take a closer look and see what he has been through. These poems are from his own personal collections. The way Peter Hargitai writes his poems in the book is unique. You will know how Peter's life was from a young child to a grown man. You will experience his hard times and his pain. The book invites you to feel what he's feeling which captivated me as a reader. I really don't read a lot of poetry but i recommend this book.
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Summary: beautiful poetry
Review: This is a wonderful collection of poems. Some deep and painful. Others interesting. Some a little confusing. Others, light hearted and funny. There's a poem for everyone and they're all beautifully written.
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