A wonderful, positive guide to improving your writing and the quality of your life with poetry.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

Every Day is a Poem is an interesting book that offers tips and lessons on sitting down to write poetry while sharing ideas and stories from the author's life.

Every Day Is a Poem by Jacqueline Suskin is a poetry book written to help the reader use the author's favorite characteristics of poetry to tackle the obstacles of daily life. Each chapter has an exercise related to the topic of the chapter, some prompts for writing practice, and closes with a beautiful mindset tip. I found the chapters "Be In Awe of Everything" and "Make Meaning" especially important for me as I struggle with presence and seeing the big picture in the present. At the end of the book the author also provides a list of recommended readings which are a valuable supplement to the book. Overall I enjoyed the book and recommend this book for those who are looking to build a more resilient mindset to better handle daily struggles by using reflection exercises.
he book concludes with a recommended reading list.

Many thanks to the publisher Sounds True and Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

Jacqueline Suskin has interspersed her own poetry amidst encouragement, tips, and writing practices to help you “use words to explore the wonder of being alive.” I appreciated her positivity and found her approach fun and inspiring.

While this doesn’t teach the mechanics of writing poetry, it is wonderful for cultivating a poetic mindset. Some of the chapter topics include being in awe of everything, making meaning, exploring your purpose, using your senses, using your pain, using your memories, and using your joy. The book concludes with a recommended reading list.

I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys contemplation, seeks spiritual growth, and desires inspiration for writing poetry (or any other creative endeavor).

Thanks to the publisher, Sounds True, for providing me with an unproofed ARC through NetGalley, which I volunteered to review.

There are few books like this one. Poetry is embedded in curriculum across the country, but rarely is much focus given on where to find inspiration and instructions on how to do it. This is a great tool for poets to gain inspiration and refine their craft.

A great read for everyone beginning (or re-starting) to write poetry, and serves as a guidebook with practices, where to start and shows how to add meaning to sometimes (as assumed) meaningless things, processes of everyday life.

Great book for someone who is beginning to write poetry and those who have written for a while. Really enjoyed the exercises!

This is a helpful guide to writing poetry, improving poetry, or just seeing the poetry in life. The author once made a living writing poems for others, sometimes on the street, and is also a published poet and instructor. She fills the book with ideas about using your senses, mourning people you lost, editing your poetry, etc. and illustrates it with many of her own poems. There is space for you to write your own poems and thoughts. This is a fun book for anyone who loves writing poetry or wants to learn how to.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This was an interesting book! It included poems but also additional information that added to the depth of understanding the poems.