Other Poems of Longing by Juan-Paolo Perre was a lovely quick read of Poems of Longing just what I needed to read. This book was a comforting read.This small book was a beautiful collection of poetries, which explores the various forms of longing. empowering, sentimental and moving. Each poem is a beautiful piece of work.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me a copy and the opportunity to review this book.

Despite there being certain poems that often caught hold of my attention and tugged at my heart, there were none that kept my attention for longer than a few pieces. And what a shame that. I feel like the mediocre poems could've been left out of the collection altogether so as to not ruin the atmosphere the really good ones build.

Beautiful collection. Would definitely recommend it.
The poems are written beautifully and the emotion - the love and the angst are expressed so well.

Perre's writing is full of raw emotion about yearning for love and connection. I found the writing to be very lyrical and moving at times, but no particular poem really stuck with me when I finished the book.

@Thanks NetGalley for giving me the access to read these kinds of poems full of love and emotions.
I loved every poem, and it thrilled my heart and also my mind. I really love to read such a well written poem dedicated to love and many more. Furthermore, I give 5 stars to this book.

Poems that capture the emotions and desires, particularly that speak to younger audiences and those who are seeking affection or perhaps recovering from loss. The feelings are genuine and Perre seems to open his heart through his words, without trying to please anyone other than himself. A book that will speak to anyone who is recovering from a broken heart or other emotional loss, and relay the message that others know how it feels to be lost or lonely.

The first thing I have to say about this book is that its title fits perfectly: those are undoubtedly poems of longing. They taste like heartbreak, but in a calm, not 100% painful, only partly. There’s love and care, and even a little bit of hope, there. But it’s still sad. I guess the word I’m looking for is nostalgic.

Reading this book felt like the first few minutes after a crisis, after crying your heart out: you’re still desperate, but it’s no longer intense. The only thing that’s left is the sudden realisation that there’s nothing else you can do except to wait, and that’s how reading this book felt like.

It’s personal, but not specific enough for one to be unable to relate to it; Juan-Paolo managed to get to the roots of those emotions and to portray them as if a specific point of heartbreak had been pinpointed. It’s often hard to review poetry with much criticism, so I’ll just say that I’d recommend most of the poems in this collection.

4.5 stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

**Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me a copy and the opportunity to review this book.

I will admit to the world that poetry has never really come naturally for me - reading or writing it- and it takes a special type of poetry style to hook me in a poet's grip. For me personally, this poet's ability to put to words the longing we feel for someone was so very beautiful, relatable, and familiar to me. It's like he just wrote a reflective essay, filled with lovely metaphors, and timed the phrasing and punctuation effortlessly. I know this because I tried my hand at reading it out loud to myself, and hearing the loveliness of words made the experience all the more beautiful. I'm very grateful to have been given the opportunity to review this copy from netgalley and will return to some of these poems again!

The book is a tiny, relaxing read. its something you can cozy up and spend an evening with. The poems talk about love and loss and of course, longing to be with the one you love. Its good old school romance but I liked how it didn't use cliched metaphors and instead came up with something new, something humorours.
It was a good read for me. I enjoyed it.

Overall, Other Poems of Longing by Juan-Paolo Perre was not bad, but I did not enjoy it as much as I hoped to. The poems within this collection were heartfelt and deeply captured the deep ache of longing and what it feels like to yearn. There were a few poignant lines that stood out, along with some beautiful imagery. Unfortunately, the poems failed to really resonate with me on a deeper level, which is something that I look for when I read any work. Furthermore, a few of the poems felt overloaded with metaphor/simile to the point that they lacked cohesion and it caused the image being described to become muddled. Thank you to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for providing the arc.

This book is lined with a few incredible poems, absolutely blowing me away; however, most are very good, at best. This should not be a discouragement, for I loved most of what I've read here! There are certain poems that fall flat, such as A Good, Long, Hard Look Within; however, the poem I loved the most was Due Desitini. Great job either way, I hope to read more in the future.

Name: Other Poems of Longing
Author: Jean- Paolo Perre
Genre: Poetry, Love
Rating:3/5
Review:
A beautiful collection of poetries and prose which explores the various forms of longing. The poems are empowering, sentimental and moving. Each poetry is a peice of work.
Even though the poetry were good, it didn't touch me. It didn't leave me thinking and wonderstruck like it was supposed to.
The poetries need some work on them, for them to reach the readers in its raw form.

Who knew the human heart was a place of such thrilling, multi-hued and devastating complexity? This poet does - from each word to the next, line by line, poem to poem, cover to cover, his heart is seen and felt to our great benefit.

Lovely collection of poems based on longing. Longing for love longing for connection longing for experience longing for adventure it’s all here. It really touched me to read this very special collection.