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A Night Without Armor : Poems by Jewel

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Book Reviews of A Night Without Armor : Poems

Book Review: a radiant piece of work
Summary: 5 Stars

Book Review: A Honest, Unbiased Review
Summary: 4 Stars

First, I've to tell you about her book. It is a collection of Jewel's poems. Her poems about rescuing a newborn calf in the midnight snow, listening to wolves howl in a canyon storm, and racing naked out of a sauna of a winter evening bring us more useful experience than kid poets usually have to share. Besides, she's writing about true love, second thoughts, and broken relationships.

When I was reading the reviews posted I couldn't help noticing the many comments that insisted the book was bad because of it's autobiographical nature. Also, I have found that many of these reviews are very critical of the nature of this book. Most of Jewel's poems don't rhyme, even include incomplete sentences. But those prejudiced people who hate this book just because it doesn't fit your criteria of poetry is definitely not a good argument.

I ain't a poet. I'm just an amatuer of poetry. I've been writing poetry just for three months and I really into rhyming poems. (Here's one of my rhyming poem. Title: Angel Standing by - You move along in majesty, Your potent presence conquers me...With all your perilous appeal, As dark as night, as strong as steel.) But I do appreciate people (including Jewel) who've talented in writing free verses (She reveals herself as an accomplished free-verse poet). As we know, Shakespeare is really good at meter. But do you think we've to write like him? Definitely not, everyone has their own style on writing.

Someone critized that Jewel is published not because she is a fabulous writer or has anything interesting to say or even understands the basic craft of poetry, but simply because she is famous. But I don't think any famous singer can publish poetry. Her popularity may have effects about her publishing, but the main reason of her poems got published is her poetry has high quality. As most of those poems were written in her late youth, about experiences that most have not yet had at this age. I think the negative criticism I've read is overly harsh. Her words may not suit everyone's taste but her words are honest, beautiful, and introspective, and they are reflective of her life. I doubt that the so-called better writers that reviewed this book have lived a life half as remarkable as hers or have written anything half as insightful. The reason for writing poetry is to let readers know more about the world as well as a tool of self expression. Reading her words and listening to them, her poetry is not just a self expression. Her poems have teaching behind, the words help you understand more about your life. I think most of the famous poets weren't famous when they were young. I don't wanna to be harsh, but those so-called better writers, you can dig your childhood poems out of old moving cartons, read them, shake your heads and wonder, "What was I thinking?" We should all be thankful there aren't a million copies of those early efforts floating around the world.

Honestly, I've found some of her poems are in low quality. They're a little bland, sad, or even disturbing, just like some of her songs. I think Jewel is improving, maybe one day she'll be a great poet, I can find some good poems in this book but no great ones. But overall, I did enjoy reading this book. Once again, it's not a book for you to critize heavily but to inspire you and as a motivation for you to think. I recommend "A Night Without Armor" to you, no matter you're her fan or not. It is a talented artist's portrait of what makes us uniquely human.

Book Review: A Honest, Unbiased Review
Summary: 4 Stars

First, I've to tell you about her book. It is a collection of Jewel's poems. Her poems about rescuing a newborn calf in the midnight snow, listening to wolves howl in a canyon storm, and racing naked out of a sauna of a winter evening bring us more useful experience than kid poets usually have to share. Besides, she's writing about true love, second thoughts, and broken relationships.

When I was reading the reviews posted I couldn't help noticing the many comments that insisted the book was bad because of it's autobiographical nature. Also, I have found that many of these reviews are very critical of the nature of this book. Most of Jewel's poems don't rhyme, even include incomplete sentences. But those prejudiced people who hate this book just because it doesn't fit your criteria of poetry is definitely not a good argument.

I ain't a poet. I'm just an amatuer of poetry. I've been writing poetry just for three months and I really into rhyming poems. (Here's one of my rhyming poem. Title: Angel Standing by - You move along in majesty, Your potent presence conquers me...With all your perilous appeal, As dark as night, as strong as steel.) But I do appreciate people (including Jewel) who've talented in writing free verses (She reveals herself as an accomplished free-verse poet). As we know, Shakespeare is really good at meter. But do you think we've to write like him? Definitely not, everyone has their own style on writing.

Someone critized that Jewel is published not because she is a fabulous writer or has anything interesting to say or even understands the basic craft of poetry, but simply because she is famous. But I don't think any famous singer can publish poetry. Her popularity may have effects about her publishing, but the main reason of her poems got published is her poetry has high quality. As most of those poems were written in her late youth, about experiences that most have not yet had at this age. I think the negative criticism I've read is overly harsh. Her words may not suit everyone's taste but her words are honest, beautiful, and introspective, and they are reflective of her life. I doubt that the so-called better writers that reviewed this book have lived a life half as remarkable as hers or have written anything half as insightful. The reason for writing poetry is to let readers know more about the world as well as a tool of self expression. Reading her words and listening to them, her poetry is not just a self expression. Her poems have teaching behind, the words help you understand more about your life.

Honestly, I've found some of her poems are in low quality. They're a little bland, sad, or even disturbing, just like some of her songs. But overall, I did enjoy reading this book. I have to say "A Night Without Armor" is a talented artist's portrait of what makes us uniquely human.

Book Review: A Honest, Unbiased Review
Summary: 4 Stars

First, I've to tell you about her book. It is a collection of Jewel's poems. Her poems about rescuing a newborn calf in the midnight snow, listening to wolves howl in a canyon storm, and racing naked out of a sauna of a winter evening bring us more useful experience than kid poets usually have to share. Besides, she's writing about true love, second thoughts, and broken relationships.

When I was reading the reviews posted I couldn't help noticing the many comments that insisted the book was bad because of it's autobiographical nature. Also, I have found that many of these reviews are very critical of the nature of this book. Most of Jewel's poems don't rhyme, even include incomplete sentences. But those prejudiced people who hate this book just because it doesn't fit your criteria of poetry is definitely not a good argument.

I ain't a poet. I'm just an amatuer of poetry. I've been writing poetry just for three months and I really into rhyming poems. (Here's one of my rhyming poem. Title: Angel Standing by - You move along in majesty, Your potent presence conquers me...With all your perilous appeal, As dark as night, as strong as steel.) But I do appreciate people (including Jewel) who've talented in writing free verses (She reveals herself as an accomplished free-verse poet). As we know, Shakespeare is really good at meter. But do you think we've to write like him? Definitely not, everyone has their own style on writing.

Someone critized that Jewel is published not because she is a fabulous writer or has anything interesting to say or even understands the basic craft of poetry, but simply because she is famous. But I don't think any famous singer can publish poetry. Her popularity may have effects about her publishing, but the main reason of her poems got published is her poetry has high quality. As most of those poems were written in her late youth, about experiences that most have not yet had at this age. I think the negative criticism I've read is overly harsh. Her words may not suit everyone's taste but her words are honest, beautiful, and introspective, and they are reflective of her life. I doubt that the so-called better writers that reviewed this book have lived a life half as remarkable as hers or have written anything half as insightful. The reason for writing poetry is to let readers know more about the world as well as a tool of self expression. Reading her words and listening to them, her poetry is not just a self expression. Her poems have teaching behind, the words help you understand more about your life.

Honestly, I've found some of her poems are in low quality. They're a little bland, sad, or even disturbing, just like some of her songs. But overall, I did enjoy reading this book. I have to say "A Night Without Armor" is a talented artist's portrait of what makes us uniquely human.

Book Review: Honest and Without Pretense
Summary: 4 Stars

I appreciated this collection of poetry for its candor and honesty, much like how her music is. I could relate to many poems, since both Jewel and I share the same similarity of being women, and I felt better afterwards knowing that someone else in the world had felt or is feeling the same things going through my heart and head. It helped remind me just how similar we all are.

It's not Shakespeare, it's not Elizabeth Barret Browning, it's not Dickens. It's Jewel. I'm sure these aren't her best poems. I share the same viewpoint with Jewel and many of her supporters here on poetry. When I've displayed my poetry on my webpage, I wrote a little prologue that said something like this- "I didn't choose my best poems, my technically superior ones. I chose to display the poems I felt best depicted my growth over the years and were the dearest to me." I feel this is fitting because that was the stance Jewel took in displaying her work. For some poets, poetry is a method of creating art. For others, like Jewel, poetry is the method of storytelling they choose to share their thoughts and life.

Keep in mind Jewel was a young girl when she had written most of these poems, but she decided to include her earlier work regardless. She had nothing to hide, and that is very brave. I know if I were to publish poetry, I would have definitely left out my earlier work for fear it'd be received as 'trite' or 'shallow.' But such is development and growth has to start somewhere. Putting out only what you believe would be the most well received poems is like having a first date- you put forth your best shoe. Jewel has done no such thing and has presented herself fully and honestly.

Jewel's poetry and Jewel herself are inseparable. If you don't like Jewel, there's no way you can like her poetry.

Poetry is without pretense. There are no rules to poetry, and I find it amusing that some people can say her poetry is not even poetry at all. Poetry is that which is not song, not story, yet is an art regardless. Poetry is how you handle the written word, how you mold it like a carpenter to best communicate not only ideals, but feelings. That is poetry at it's finest and simplist. There are no rules to poetry, and Jewel's book of poems has inspired me to search my boundaries as she has searched her won- not standards centered around Shakespeare or any other renowned poet, but my own standards.

She has some mediocre poems, yes, but the striking ones outweigh that which is lacking. Her most striking poem was a verse that contained less than 20 words. It takes a lot to strike me that deeply, and I was quite impressed at how something that little, that insignificant on the surface, that quiet, could strike me like that.

In a world where the destination matters more than the journey itself, I salute Jewel for her courage to put forth a collection of poems that centers around, and was created during, the journey itself.