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Title: Great Singer is now promising poet
Review: At a young age, Jewel has achieved quite a bit, but her poetry is still developing. This collection of poetry does show her clear insight into humanity but it also shows her youth. Many of the poems are little more than tidbits of observations. Many times, her imagery is cluttered and loses its power. She evokes nature very well, but it doesn't sound like Neruda, whom she clearly has read, but Whitman. With more crafting and improving of her art form, Jewel can become a really good poet. Poems like "God Exists Quietly," "I'm Writing to Tell You," and "I guess What I Wanted Was" are good poems and point to where she can go as a poet. In "P.S." Jewel writes, "I wrote you those nice/ poems only because/ the honest ones/ would frighten you." She should write those honest ones. That's what the greats do. Keep at it, Jewel. You have a lot of potential. You may write those great poems yet, but this collection isn't it.
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