What We Buried Paperback – March 7, 2014

I didn't know much about this volume when I ordered it--I'd seen some of the lines floating around and thought they were really good, so wanted to see the whole work. When it arrived, I sat down and read it through in one sitting. I believe this was a mistake.Taken individually, most of the poems are pretty good. Some of them ache with genuine feeling. There's a fervor and strength of emotion in some that can just about knock you over--and, of course, there's some of those fantastic lines that straighten out your spine and say, "Pay attention, this is going to be good."Unfortunately, as I read through the volume, I got a steady sense of... sameness. All that bombastic emotion is fine, but it felt like Ms. Siehl was pacing over the same territory again and again. Not that many great volumes of poetry haven't had a singular topic; the complaint here is more that this poet seems to be stuck in an expressive rut, ruminating on the same topics without the benefit of being able to express her feelings on them in varied or interesting ways. By the end of the volume, I was almost rolling my eyes with the sensation of, "Yes, you've said this already, and you've said it in just this way. Please do something else."I was unsurprised when I came to the 'about the author' at the end and saw how very young she is. She's got a talent, of course, but it's raw and over-reliant on ostentation imagery. With a few more years of writing and living under her belt, I expect the next collection will be much better.

. If you’ve checked out the tumblr writing scene then chances are you’ve come across a poem or two (or maybe just a quote) by the incredibly talented and equally wonderful Caitlyn Siehl. I haven’t seen a person on this website that just radiates kindness and loveliness off the screen the way she does and that carries off to her writing. Which by the by is a trip you’ll be thankful you took. Her words are raw and so painfully human that you need to do your soul a favour and buy this book. Right now.This collection contains a combination of old and new work which while reading will feel like your gut just took a beating and your heart just got hugged, fiercely.Recommended for those who enjoy beautiful words.

This was a lovely book of poetry that sometimes danced on the edge of cliches, but managed to hold its own. Some poems stood out more than others, and I found myself dog earing those pages to return to later. Siehl manages to command and easily evoke emotions in a clever and raw way, and this is a good book of poems for someone who is looking for something besides Milk and Honey.

One of my favorite books of poetry. It's pure emotional power

There were a lot of poems that I had hoped to see in the collection that weren't there. However, Miss Siehl never disappoints. These are all true to her lovely, heartwrenching writing style.

What a thoughtful purging from such a young writer. Some themes seem repetitive, but when she hits, she hits.

Very original, very rough-edged and grisly emotions. Early work by Caitlyn.

These poems were bedutiful. Would recommend to anyone

Good quality & delivery

What We Buried is quick and unforgiving like a heavy rain that traps you on your way to work after the forecast promised it'd be sunny. It leaves you wet and disarmed to go on about your day and above all dripping with longing for the billow to return, to come back, to get something back which wasn't ever yours.Caitlyn shows one can't unearth clean photographs. Each poem has dirt about its corners. Each poem is a memory clothed in pain. There is immense beauty underneath. The bad news is that light never belonged to us. We never got to taste its hope, its purity. And it’s all gone, now. The good news is Caitlyn invites us to scrape the hurt away, together, with eager fingers, with fingers that broke and healed and toughened. She invites us to discover her light together, and that finding is a gift, and it is ours. You see the shot of falling rain. So heavy and yet so still. You wish you could feel it, that it could drench you. She takes the picture and dips it in red wine and hands it over saying “drink”.What We Buried is a journey of righting wrongs. Of looking to the past and saying “Thank you for the good and the bad, I’ve grown through you and I’ve outgrown you”; of looking to the future and saying: “Never again”.What We Buried is a survival of softness.

Ya había leído algunos poemas de Caitlyn Siehl que ella misma había publicado en su tumblr, como por ejemplo el que simboliza una carta de Aquiles a Patroclo (y tengo que decir que es de las cosas más bonitas y mágicas que he leído), así que estaba segura de que los poemas publicados en su libro me iban a encantar. Lo que no sabía es que me iban a cautivar hasta tal punto que solo necesité tres cuartos de hora para leer el libro entero, y fueron 45 minutos en los que no dejé de disfrutar y alegrarme por haberme decidido a comprar este libro.Al principio pensé que todos los poemas iban a estar relacionados con el amor o el desamor y el sufrimiento que provoca, así que mi sorpresa no pudo ser mayor ni más gratificante cuando llegué a la parte de los poemas feministas dedicados a las mujeres y niñas. No esperaba que Caitlyn Siehl fuese una autora feminista -cosa que quizá debería saber, teniendo en cuenta que llevo siguiéndola en tumblr más de tres meses- por eso cuando leí esos poemas en los que anima a las niñas a ser fuertes y duras y a no dejar que ningún chico intente dominarlas, en los que anima a sus futuros hijos a no tener miedo de ser como son (haciendo referencia a la sexualidad y al género) y les promete que siempre va a apoyar sus decisiones, decidí que "What we buried" es, junto con los de Andrea Gibson, mi libro de poemas preferido.No puedo esperar a que publique más cosas, ya sean libros en papel o poemas sueltos en tumblr.

Queste poesie non mi sono piaciute per nulla. Noiose e abbastanza scontate. Ero partita abbastanza speranzosa e motivata dalle buone recensioni ma sono rimasta delusa

Ich habe dieses Buch verschlungen. Da es nicht sehr dick ist und sich alles sehr gut liest, habe ich es in wenigen Stunden schon zu Ende gelesen. Tolle Sprüche über die man auch weiter nachdenken kann.