My Words Will Find You by Amit Kumar Srivastava (Book Reviews: 3/5)

My Words Will Find You is a poem collection by Amit Kumar Srivastava who is an orthodontist by profession. The book comprises of 36 poems with beautiful two-liners introducing the theme of every poem. The paper quality is very good and the poem collection can be finished in a single go.
The poems I liked the most are:

"How well they play the game

Stabbing With Surgical Precision,

appearing in your friend's name

Curtailing the backdrop of vision,

they make salt and sugar look the same."

"Brooding over past is like

Taking medicine for the disease you have been

cured for

Anguishing over future is like

Taking medicine for the disease you fear will

have."

The book does need a bit of proofreading since there are a few grammatical errors. Some poems are very deep and beautiful, while some sound as if the poet made more effort into rhyming the words than trying to bring the sense out of the words. I was hoping more from the book because the cover looked so calm and promising. While I connected with a few poems, many felt scattered and without quintessence.

The book might turn out to be a good read for the beginners of poetry, but the author needs to put more effort into playing with words and bring the essence out of the poems rather than rhyme them with every line.

I recommend this book to budding readers of poetry.

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.

Title: My Words Will Find You

Author: Amit Kumar Srivastava

Genre: Romance, Poetry

No.of pages: 83

Suitable for age group: 10 years and above

Publishing House: Notion Press

Find the book: Amazon | Flipkart | Goodreads

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