I also think this is the one I related to the most because the themes and topics drawn on in this addition are things I often struggle with myself and think about a lot while trying to sleep drawing back to that perfect series title Pillow Thoughts. Peppernell’s ability to put everyday thoughts and feelings into accessible language for everyone to enjoy and relate to is one thing but to do it with such beautiful and musical words is quite another. This one sticks out as one of, if not my favourite of the series as it was incredibly relatable. Hitting a bigger variety of themes, this book dealt with love, mental illness, personal strength, hope, believing in yourself, and self-doubt. I will say that, at times I found the theme of love a bit cliche and icky for my own taste, but I still found some gems in this book. It wasn’t as thought-provoking or hard-hitting as the first book, and sometimes felt more like anecdotes than poetry. This one focuses a lot more on the little things and moments. Sectioned into five chapters, this book is full of inspirational and comforting poetry and prose to mend a broken heart. The second book to the series, I didn’t connect with Healing the Heart as much but I still found it to be quite a heart-warming read. It also has one of my favourite pieces of prose: Shopping for Ice cream. Peppernell’s depiction of love, soul-searching and long-distance relationships were really quite beautiful and left you with a feeling of encouragement, rather than loss or any bitter feeling. Her words are incredibly moving and you feel like you’re being allowed into something quite intimate. There is an honesty and rawness to the emotions that Peppernell writes about. Not because of lack of substance but more because her pieces are so well-written and flow so eloquently, you can’t help but let yourself be taken in and just enjoy the process. Having said this, I personally found it to be quite a quick read. They’re quite chunky compared to other poetry books out there. Unlike a lot of other poetry collections that I’ve since read, this first book is quite big and dense in fact, that is something that could be said for all of Peppernell’s Pillow Thoughts books. This book was so beautiful and moving for me. Pillow ThoughtsĪ collection of poetry and prose, this first instalment to the Pillow Thoughts series covers love, heartbreak, and every emotion that comes with it. Her soulful series Pillow Thoughts, explores a range of emotions that come with love and loss as well as being accompanied with her signature illustrated jelly-fish friend whose almost the mascot for the series. Whether this was a conscious choice in her words and themes or not, I don’t know but it’s something that I have definitely noticed. Having now read not only all the Pillow Thoughts books, but also a number of Peppernell’s other works, I definitely get the strong sense of healing through her poetry. It was the perfect read and the first step of a long love of poetry that I’ve had ever since. It was a light form of literature that didn’t require too much of my attention and energy but nevertheless, I still became completely immersed in and it took my attention far from the dreadful, dooms-day-esque news of the world at that time. As I’ve already mentioned numerous times here, I got into reading poetry in a big way at the beginning of the pandemic. The Pillow Thoughts series by Courtney Peppernell is a collection of books that I had always been wanting to delve into but just never got round to, that is until 2020.
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