Tuesday, November 8, 2022

The Oracles of Our Stars by Serge Elie Seropian - OPTIONAL

The Oracles of Our Stars by Serge Elie Seropian, 124 pages. POETRY. Serge Elie Seropian, 2020. $17.

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Seropian’s collection focuses on themes of love, the universe, yourself, and worship. None of these poems are titled. Instead, the book itself reads like one long poem, flowing and evolving over the pages.

The flow worked amazingly well for the first two-thirds of the book. Towards the end, the poems got longer and less poetic, more like sermons than emotions to connect with. I am still adding a couple of poems to my personal favorites, even if the entire book didn’t have my attention.

The mature content rating is for mention of alcohol.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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