Name: Lydia Ford's review of Love Her Wild by Atticus
Item: Love Her Wild
Rating: 4
Author: Lydia Ford

Atticus

The first collection of poetry by the New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Between Stars. Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from the poet Atticus, who has captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of avid followers on his Instagram account @atticuspoetry, including superstars like Karlie Kloss and Shay Mitchell. Dubbed the “#1 poet to follow” by Teen Vogue and “the world’s most tattoo-able” poet by Galore magazine, in Love Her Wild, Atticus captures what is both raw and relatable about the smallest and the grandest moments in life: the first glimpse of a new love in Paris, skinny dipping on a summer’s night, the irrepressible exuberance of the female spirit, or drinking whiskey in the desert watching the rising sun. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flare Atticus distills the most exhilarating highs and the heartbreaking lows of life and love into a few short lines, ensuring that his words will become etched in your mind—and will awaken your sense of adventure.

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Love Her Wild

"A collection of ... poems from Atticus, the young writer who has captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of avid followers on his Instagram account @atticuspoetry, including superstars like Karlie Kloss and Shay Mitchell. He ... captures what is both raw and relatable about the smallest and the grandest moments in life: the first glimpse of a new love in Paris; skinny dipping on a summer's night; the irrepressible exuberance of the female spirit; or drinking whiskey in the desert watching the rising sun"--

Élise

Break my heart and you will find yourself inside.

LeAnnza

Simone Endres

Lydia Ford

I’ve had this collection of poems for quite a while now and I picked it up here and there, finally finishing it last night. This is a prime example of poetry well-liked in the age of social media and contrary to popular belief this is not meant to be a jab at all, as I don’t think the way poems are enjoyed have anything to say about their quality. This is accessible poetry that might even interest younger, previously avoidant people so I’d say that is great thing to start with.

The whole book is just beautifully made: photographs, the black and white aesthetic and enough room for the poems to stand out on these pages. Craftingwise it is an absolute masterpiece. Now I didn’t resonate with every single piece on here but that would be surprising, however, some did have a little bit of the flair of “just a weird thought” when it was a single phrase or sentence, a little bit lost on those big pages.

I enjoyed dipping into this book over and over again and there were quite a few poems I’ll keep in mind or keep returning to. If you enjoy this kind of poetry, this book is a beautiful addition to any shelf.

Leonie

I’ve had this collection of poems for quite a while now and I picked it up here and there, finally finishing it last night. This is a prime example of poetry well-liked in the age of social media and contrary to popular belief this is not meant to be a jab at all, as I don’t think the way poems are enjoyed have anything to say about their quality. This is accessible poetry that might even interest younger, previously avoidant people so I’d say that is great thing to start with.

The whole book is just beautifully made: photographs, the black and white aesthetic and enough room for the poems to stand out on these pages. Craftingwise it is an absolute masterpiece. Now I didn’t resonate with every single piece on here but that would be surprising, however, some did have a little bit of the flair of “just a weird thought” when it was a single phrase or sentence, a little bit lost on those big pages.

I enjoyed dipping into this book over and over again and there were quite a few poems I’ll keep in mind or keep returning to. If you enjoy this kind of poetry, this book is a beautiful addition to any shelf.

tori 👻

Ryan 

third book read within a day, what a record!!! more to come

azliana aziz

*whispers* so bad that milk and honey read like a masterpiece.

heteronormative through and through also some of the 'poems' were offensive.
like the one saying brushing a girl's hair behind her ear is better than any drugs. hmmm say what.

then when he said depression is like being color blinded and everyone keeps telling how colorful is the world around you. are you sure boy

to sum it up this is like john green for poetry and if you swing that way then yes this one is absolutely for you.

Lauren

This book was good but I couldn’t really get into some of the poems.

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from Atticus, who has captured the hearts and minds of well over 300k followers on his Instagram account, @atticuspoetry, including superstars like Karlie Kloss and Shay Mitchell. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flare, Love Her Wild captures what is both raw and relatable about the smallest and the grandest moments in life: the first glimpse of a new love, a late night drive singing along to a car radio, the irrepressible exuberance of the female spirit, the simple pleasure of a good whiskey. Atticus distills the most exhilarating highs and the heartbreaking lows of life and love into a few short lines, ensuring that his words will become etched in your mind—and will awaken your sense of adventure.

Addie 🌻

Atticus Poetry

For fans of Milk & Honey and Chasers of the Light, the first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from Atticus, the young writer who has captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of avid followers on his Instagram account @atticuspoetry In Love Her Wild, Atticus captures what is both raw and relatable about the smallest and the grandest moments in life: the first glimpse of a new love in Paris; skinny dipping on a summer's night; the irrepressible exuberance of the female spirit; or drinking whiskey in the desert watching the rising sun. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flair, Atticus distils the most exhilarating highs and the heart-breaking lows of life and love into a few perfectly evocative lines, ensuring that his words will become etched in your mind and will awaken your sense of adventure.

Poetry

Stef

"My atoms love your atoms. It's Chemistry.".. (pg. 15)

Read this collecting poetry in one sitting. Some of poem brief and gentle, I can feel much feeling when read it. My favorite in wild part, the other just too cheesy for my taste. And love some of the photograph.

tina

why do i still even try??????????? it’s the same shit poetry,, not much substance. ((honestly i only read this so i can finish my reading challenge))

linda

This is the type of book any of my literary friends will rip me apart for reading. It’s like Rupi Kaur - vacuous but good. I don’t know. At this point, it’s my guilty pleasure. Some of the parts about pain were quite good. 

I liked this segment:
it is a gift, you see, to feel this much
and even though it’s hard
it means you’re alive
with each of these tearful breaths gasped
your soul awakens,
more alive in the pain
than you were in the numb

A lot of it was bad ripoffs of classical poetry, which normally appreciate a lot, but now I feel too lazy to translate and analyze. This book was a good quick fix.

Maggie Gordon

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What the hell did I just read, and who picked this rotten piece of tripe up and put it on the best seller wall? How in the hell did this dude get a book contract? I mean, other than the slow downward spiral of modern book publishing always looking for a viral hit...

Love Her Wild, is "Instagram poetry" which means it is short and insipid (the short part being the only good thing about this book). Admittedly, Instagram poetry doesn't have to be bad. I should be less caustic about the idea as a whole, but Atticus' verbiage is just a bunch of crappy Facebook memes wrapped up in an a beautiful package. That just makes the book's existence more offensive as better books deserve the production treatment that this one got. There is nothing new in this volume. It's all about love and life and being free, things people have written about since time immemorial with much more beautiful language and much deeper insights. This is poetry that makes you feel good because it says nothing. It's pablum. It's the Doritos of the poetry world. It's the stuff your relatives used to send in email forwards with midi files attached. It's barely fucking poetry. Buy a Hallmark card and you can get the same placid, meaningless nonsense. Poetry has developed a bad reputation for being indecipherable, but Love Her Wild swings in the opposite direction. Some of the shorter pieces have probably starred on fortune cookie papers. 

If you are interested in poetry, go into your local bookstore, close your eyes, pick literally ANYTHING off the shelf, and you'll be rewarded with something better. Find poetry that ignites something deeper than a sense of YOLO.

illa

I had semi-high hopes for this poetry, which is why I'm regretful to say I was really disappointed. It just didn't catch my interest until the end, to which I was already done with the book and hoping it would be over.

Alexa Jade

✨sunshine✨

,,We all wear masks,
some with makeup
some with smiles
some with wives or husbands
cars or clothes
we hide from the world
and from ourselves
we hide from our truths
behind our eyes
running always from our real
but somewhere there
where truth meets courage
we are waiting to be found,,

Lilli Susann

Fiona Coffey

Ehh. Why did this type of poetry become so popular? I feel like I should like it but I don’t. It’s boring to me...

Renee Delcourt

Beautiful beautiful beautiful. It's all I want to keep saying really. I really loved these poems and will be reading more from Atticus in the future. It's not quite as raw as Rupi Kaur, but it's so beautifully written and so much has me writing it down to remember. In love.

Jurassic Jones

VF : 
  
Il s'agit de mon premier recueil de poésie contemporaine et en plus en Anglais. Je suivais son compte sur Instagram depuis peu, mais que j'aimais déjà beaucoup. Alors là je peux que c'est un véritable coup de cœur, j'ai été tellement touché par certains de ces poèmes que j'ai versé parfois une larme ou esquisser un sourire. Ces poèmes sont touchants, vrai, sincère, mystique et surtout attachant. Le mélange avec les photos en noir et blanc donne un aspect de rêverie, comme une bulle, un instant. J'ai qu'une hâte c'est de lire tout ces recueils et de me replonger de nouveau dans celui-ci.
  

  

  
    
      VO : 
    
  
This is my first collection of contemporary poetry and more in English. I followed her account on Instagram recently, but I already liked a lot. Then I can really love it, I was so touched by some of these poems that I sometimes shed a tear or sketch a smile. These poems are touching, true, sincere, mystical and especially endearing. The mixture with the black and white photos gives an aspect of reverie, like a bubble, a moment. I'm just looking forward to reading all these books and going back into this one again.

Virginia Su

noha

I don’t know what to say, really... it felt like i was just scrolling through someone’s random thoughts and some cheesy quotes... it didn’t feel like i was reading poetry. nope :/

everlinet

some were really beautiful and made my heart sing. but overall some should have have deeper meaning. I´m not a big fan of modern poetry, it´s okay and cute, but not 100% my cup of tea.

Brianna Brown

So I went into this book with no idea of who the author is or where they started. For background, I have been on a major poetry kick this year. I have been devouring books of poetry faster than I can find new authors. This book had some amazing moments for me, and some eh moments. It was a super quick and light read. I spent less than an hour to go through the entire thing. I loved the pictures as I thought they were beautiful, but I didn't love that there were so many of them in between poems as I felt like they were almost using it as filler. About 90 % of the poems were incredibly short, averaging about one sentence in length. However, the ones I liked really stuck with me. I think it was an overall really great collection, just maybe not my cup of tea.

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