Review of Shitolian
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Review of Shitolian
[Following is a volunteer review of "Shitolian" by O Persaud.]
We are all connected. This is what greets us as we start reading Shitolian by O Persaud. It then talks about various challenges we face as a society, how we cope with them, and how we can overcome them. These challenges include but are not limited to the racial divide in America, relationships, theology, life, societal beliefs and practices, and punctuation.
Shitolian has five sections with a total of sixty-six poems. The first section, "shitolian," sets the stage with some history and an overview of human behavior. In the second part, "the Creator," O Persaud talks about how we get hung up on our pasts, mistakes, and lows. He encourages us to stop obsessing over what we can not change and choose happiness. The third section, "the Colony," uses animals to express various characteristics of human beings. The fourth section is all about punctuation. Finally, O Persaud reveals his playful side in the final section called "writer’s block: a book of shitty poems."
Shitolian is easily the best collection of poems I have read in a while. I like how O Persaud uses the ordinary to share his thoughts and emotions. He does this in a bold, engaging, and profound way. The poems are short and easy to comprehend. Some of them have rhymes, but it is not a prominent attribute. I like how he organizes his thoughts. Although I found myself rereading some parts to figure out how they were connected, I now appreciate his creativity and expression even more. I also like how each poem ends firmly.
O Persaud uses lowercase letters in a big part of this book. I do not know why. But it does set it apart from other works of poetry that follow conventional grammatical rules. The life advice found in Shitolian resonated with me a lot. In the poem called "time", O Persaud says ”forgetting that the present/ is embedded in the only thing/ that remains/ not the charred up remnants /of the past/ but in the flame.” It is simple advice, but it is often the simple and easy things that are the hardest to implement.
The only thing many readers may disapprove of is a large amount of profanity used. I did not find it as displeasing as I had imagined, as it serves to enhance the display of passion with which O Persaud wrote his poems.
The book is professionally edited, as I found no errors. I commend the editorial team for that. I recommend Shitolian to readers interested in poems that offer advice, have creative structure, entertain, and have vulgarity. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars for all the reasons I have stated above. I enjoyed reading Shitolian, and I hope you enjoy it too.
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We are all connected. This is what greets us as we start reading Shitolian by O Persaud. It then talks about various challenges we face as a society, how we cope with them, and how we can overcome them. These challenges include but are not limited to the racial divide in America, relationships, theology, life, societal beliefs and practices, and punctuation.
Shitolian has five sections with a total of sixty-six poems. The first section, "shitolian," sets the stage with some history and an overview of human behavior. In the second part, "the Creator," O Persaud talks about how we get hung up on our pasts, mistakes, and lows. He encourages us to stop obsessing over what we can not change and choose happiness. The third section, "the Colony," uses animals to express various characteristics of human beings. The fourth section is all about punctuation. Finally, O Persaud reveals his playful side in the final section called "writer’s block: a book of shitty poems."
Shitolian is easily the best collection of poems I have read in a while. I like how O Persaud uses the ordinary to share his thoughts and emotions. He does this in a bold, engaging, and profound way. The poems are short and easy to comprehend. Some of them have rhymes, but it is not a prominent attribute. I like how he organizes his thoughts. Although I found myself rereading some parts to figure out how they were connected, I now appreciate his creativity and expression even more. I also like how each poem ends firmly.
O Persaud uses lowercase letters in a big part of this book. I do not know why. But it does set it apart from other works of poetry that follow conventional grammatical rules. The life advice found in Shitolian resonated with me a lot. In the poem called "time", O Persaud says ”forgetting that the present/ is embedded in the only thing/ that remains/ not the charred up remnants /of the past/ but in the flame.” It is simple advice, but it is often the simple and easy things that are the hardest to implement.
The only thing many readers may disapprove of is a large amount of profanity used. I did not find it as displeasing as I had imagined, as it serves to enhance the display of passion with which O Persaud wrote his poems.
The book is professionally edited, as I found no errors. I commend the editorial team for that. I recommend Shitolian to readers interested in poems that offer advice, have creative structure, entertain, and have vulgarity. I rate it 4 out of 4 stars for all the reasons I have stated above. I enjoyed reading Shitolian, and I hope you enjoy it too.
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I enjoyed reading this book as well. I found most poems to be easy and to the point.
