"Rhyming poetry to change your day: Poetry that you can relate to" (2018) is the third book written by Philip Lister. A quick online search reveals very little about this poet, not to be confused with the British You Tube personality?
This is often a contemplative or observational collection most of which is centered around mental health themes involving depressive and addictive behavioral issues : "Addiction" - "I'm kicking this habit or am I?" - "Money controlling you!" - "Beat your addiction". These poems involve situations that really stood out.
Included were a few poems about "Current Affairs" that involved global politics.
"Depressive Works" was the title/theme that opened the book. Readers may relate to the heartbreak of losing a parent, Lister's father apparently suffered a massive stroke and never regained consciousness passing away at the hospital: "I never got to say goodbye" - Lister writes of dealing with depression with: "Tiresome Life" - "Suicidal Swill". Grief and mourning is cloaked a deep enveloping sadness with the next loss of his son, born prematurely: "His name is Jared" happened six years prior.
Lister's free verse poems of Love were centered around discovery, exploration, dreams and desire, the happiness of new love, and the need to write a poem for the new love. The love themed poetry continued into "Erotica" centering around desire, lust, pleasure and fantasy life. "A fulfilling massage" tells the story of a visit to a massage parlor.
Overall, this collection was fairly good, a Title Page and Table of Contests weren't included, and the free verse punctuation wasn't easy to follow. The large number of poems boost the appeal of the book. With thanks to the author for DDC for the purpose of review. 3.5* GOOD.
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