The Teeth Of The World Are Sharp: a haunting collection of art & poetry (Beautiful Shadows - Dark Poetry Series)

"Blurred recollections chime theirrazor-like rhythmsstabbing the presentwith daggers of the past."---Black Swan, page 74 in "The Teeth of the World are Sharp"Love. Love. LOVE. I sat down and started to read this book, thinking I would read just a few poems and come back to it later. I finished it in one sitting. I, for one, love dark poetry and Salvo certainly did not disappoint. The words are beautiful and draw you in, each poem becomes it's own entity. The illustrations are HAUNTING and transport the reader into a visual world where the poems are almost acted out in front of you. My favorite poem was "Cut", which was simple and rhythmic and I adored it.To the author: Thank you for writing poems at 4 a.m. The world most definitely needs these musings.

I'm not sure what led me to A.X. Salvo's work, but I am in love! Their words speak to the darkness in me and to the very real experiences of heartbreak, unrequited love, and the simple realities of life. Life is hard and I love those who speak of this honestly and with such raw emotion.

For those of us who live in the dark, very emotional and beautiful.

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Extremely short poems, but at least the art is equally attention grabbing. Makes for an overall great find.

This is the type of reading I needed and appreciated during these times of social distancing. I was able to connect to the poems through its stories and images. The feelings behind each poem are touching and relatable. Simply perfect.

Goth poetry that reads like it was written by an angry sophomore boy. This is what you get when someone tries to self publish without an editor, having absolutely no idea what the word “poetry” means. This one is going back. Terrible. I’ve ready better poetry on bathroom walls.

I am certain this book is comforting to some but it really didn't do it for me. Would rather read Poe, Plath, Gaiman, or Ito.

Mother Nature is more Jungle than Garden of Eden proclaimed much of Emily Dickinson's Poetry and The Teeth Of The World Are Sharp .Time + Death , Grief + Loss are explored here in poetry just as compact as her's .Poe - that Dark Master of Gothic Dreams - stalks this hellish hall of Shadows . A Purgatory inhabited only by Angels + Demons .Specter reminds me of Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop For Death . That same curious intimacy is quite chilling .

As a major fan of gothic / dark poetry I was very disappointed with this purchase and I struggled to finish it. Ultimately it comes across as a bit moody-teen-in-black-painted-bedroom, trying just a bit too hard. Perhaps I'm too old to appreciate it, but even so I don't rate it highly in its own right in terms of writing or production values.

Well some of the poems were fine but in general I was not a big fan of this book.But everyone has a different taste.