Loves of Our Lives
Poems for Hopeful Hearts

Thank you NetGalley and Simon Element for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review. Some days, I crave all the feelings and wow did this exquisite collection of poetry deliver! From the very first page, Love of Our Lives wrapped around my heart and refused to let go. Josie Bal......more

This isn't a book you read cover to cover but a collection that you pick up from time to time and flip to a page and more often than not the words there will speak to you. Josie's done it again with this one. I'd say there's a couple less bangers (or maybe I just couldn't relate to some) than her fi......more

3.5/5 This is the second book I’ve read by Josie Balka, whose poetry I first discovered through her social media. I still find that hearing her read her own words carries a depth that’s hard to replicate on the page—her voice brings an emotional rhythm that can sometimes feel a bit one-note in writte......more

Balka does it again!! She has such a beautiful way with words that I am captivated any time she speaks or writes. As a person who feels deeply, Balka has a way of making me remember that it is a gift not a flaw to feel so deeply and passionately. She captures REALLy feelings and emotions of many diff......more

Loves of Our Lives: Poems for Hopeful Hearts by Josie Balka. Published by Simon Element — thank you to the publisher for my gifted copy. I opened this collection thinking I’d read a few poems before bed, and suddenly an hour vanished, my tea was lukewarm, and I’d apparently agreed to confront my emoti......more