ASK has a fascinating concept. Amanda Baker has published poems (and song lyrics) she wrote starting at age fourteen and continuing up through her early thirties. This is an autobiography, but one that doesn’t include details of travel or family or friends. Instead it shows the author’s inner thoughts. In the end it is a very unique and interesting picture of a person.
Here is the first stanza of a reaction to a relationship that didn't work out when Amanda was fourteen. The work is entitled “Maybe.”
Maybe I’m not in your dreams, but you’re in mine
Maybe I’m not good enough, but I’ll be fine
Maybe you’re just scared you’ll fall in love again
Maybe that is why we can no longer be friends
Here is the first stanza of a poem about love Amanda wrote at age thirty-two. It is entitled “End With Love Reprise.”
This love sees the broken
The withered
The uncertain
This love accepts that space you’re in
I was there too
And that is how I am able to love
It is clear there is a greater sophistication in the work of the woman compared to the work of the teenager, but the search for understanding and meaning in relationships remains the same.
At age twenty-seven, Amanda wrote “Who To Be,” a search for her own identity. Here are the first two stanzas.
Slowly. You can’t hear me.
Softly. Speaking lines
Cautiously.
Parallel to scattered feet
Confused. Sparking mixtures.
Aloof. To signals that just
Prelude
To the next chapter of our youth.
These words show the conscious effort the author is still making to find herself.
Amanda Baker’s work is both personal and brave. I recommend ASK to anyone who enjoys learning the thoughts of a girl as she grows into a woman.
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The words are music to my heart
I've never read poetry before... well NOTHING like this.This author has a powerful way of showing a story through her poems. Her poems are songs, beating a musical tune to the heart. Perhaps controlling the heart by a cord.These poems could be actual, REAL songs. This author conveys them in such a way that you hum it in your head as you read them.I definitely recommend checking out this authors work!
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Jeff
I ASK you to read this book :-)
Reviewed in India on August 21, 2022
Jeff
Reviewed in India on August 21, 2022
This book is a narrative of her actual feelings from different phases of her life and topics arent ficticious and it was a pleasure to know her well through this book. She has added mystery to the pieces in this book so that the reader ponders. I would definitley recommend this book and ASK you to read it as well.
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