True Life Ramblings – My Book Review

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Brandon Dillon has perfected his precisely written words that bring home many thoughts that I know I have felt about life in general, especially what is the point of all of our lives or remembering our first kiss. While the title of his book is The Mad Ramblings of a Joker, he’s no joker. These are real and true to life, deeply touching ramblings that hit the core of life with many of them hitting quite close to home for me.

While it was noted there were triggers in these poems, those triggers were not a concern to me. Why? The triggers of abuse, violence, suicide are honest words that Dillon crafted to share how he was feeling at the time the poem was written. I related empathetically to this whole volume of poems and none of those words triggered bad thoughts or feelings. A very good example of this can be found within the short words of “End” because in the end, all our lives matter. Those four words are quite volatile at the moment.

“Pointless,” “Raven,” and “Amnesia” were my favorite poems from Dillon’s book.  I have had some of same those exact thoughts from each poem. For example, after reading “Amnesia”, I reflected upon my childhood friend who was from Venezuela who is now a ghost to me. We climbed trees and played hard together going home dirty from our day’s adventures. I have often wondered how well she lived life after moving back to her home country.

The poems are not in any order, so any reader can pick up this book and read any poem out of order and not be lost.

Poignantly written, these poems unmistakably come from Dillon’s heart.  If you are a lover of the poetry genre, then give Dillon’s book a chance. You will not be disappointed.