Sincerely by F. S. Yousaf, 160 pages. POETRY. Central Avenue
Publishing, 2020. $15.
Language: PG (2 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence:
G
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Yousaf bears his soul in prose written for the woman he
would ask to marry him. Contained within the covers of this book are several
short poems about love and belonging sprinkled with sketches that are amateur
but shine with sincerity.
I enjoyed these poems, but I think I liked them more because
of the context Yousaf gives his readers in the long dedication at the
beginning. As Yousaf expresses his love for the woman he is asking to marry
him, I read them as poems about hope -- hope for the
cute-and-romantic-but-also-durable kind of love that seems idealistic and
impossible to find most of the time.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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