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Splinters
Life brings Splinters.
Some go deep. Some scratch the surface finding reasons to belong inside us.
Splinters explores the teenage experience through poetry.
Some go deep. Some scratch the surface finding reasons to belong inside us.
Splinters explores the teenage experience through poetry.
- GenresPoetry
51 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2018
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Ben Ditmars
33Ìýbooks79ÌýfollowersBen Ditmars was first published in his college publications the Cornfield Review and KAPOW and has since been featured in several online literary journals. He is the author of six poetry books including Night Poems, Haiku in the Night, Inhale the Night, Sleeping with Earth, Number Poetry and Splinters with Susie Clevenger. He lives in Ohio with his wife, De’Garrica, and dachshund, Elsa.
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August 10, 2019
When I was a teenager, I wrote an endless stream of probably terrible poetry. Then I took an English Comp class in which we were forced to dissect classic poetry by authors such as Shakespeare and Walt Whitman. No offense to fans, but my teenage mind numbed and the joy of poetry was lost in the pursuit to understand what, exactly, the author meant by each specific word. Sometimes blue is just a color, but not so in that class.
Poetry's intrigue was lost to me, aside from my continuing love of Edgar Allan Poe. Then I crossed paths with Ben Ditmars, in that way of social media connections, and I read a few of his poems. Then a few more. And suddenly I was a fan, not just of Ben, but of poetry once more.
The collection of poems in Splinters is what I'd call reader-friendly. You don't have to struggle to find meaning. It's all there, clear and to the point, and beautifully written. Some poems have a light, almost whimsical feel, while others delve deep into the shadows of humanity and heartache. These poems are thoughtful and speak volumes with few words. The book is short and the poems are short, but there's power here that lingers.
*I received a review copy of this book.*
Poetry's intrigue was lost to me, aside from my continuing love of Edgar Allan Poe. Then I crossed paths with Ben Ditmars, in that way of social media connections, and I read a few of his poems. Then a few more. And suddenly I was a fan, not just of Ben, but of poetry once more.
The collection of poems in Splinters is what I'd call reader-friendly. You don't have to struggle to find meaning. It's all there, clear and to the point, and beautifully written. Some poems have a light, almost whimsical feel, while others delve deep into the shadows of humanity and heartache. These poems are thoughtful and speak volumes with few words. The book is short and the poems are short, but there's power here that lingers.
*I received a review copy of this book.*
December 10, 2024
The blurb for this book says, "Splinters explores the teenage experience". That may explain why these poems seem immature. The book claims two authors yet individual poems fail to identify the author and the book is not divided into authorial sections. Nevertheless, a female voice becomes more prominent in the last half of the book, and the poems then improve significantly.
I wrote relatively bad poems when I was young, mostly love poems and some angsty ones. To give credit here, the subjects of the poems in "Splinters" go well beyond those narrow topics. This book can probably best be appreciated by teenagers.
I wrote relatively bad poems when I was young, mostly love poems and some angsty ones. To give credit here, the subjects of the poems in "Splinters" go well beyond those narrow topics. This book can probably best be appreciated by teenagers.
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