Welcome to the Sombre Days by Jeremy Mifsud

In the first chapter, ‘puppet strings’he takes us through a world that makes sure that every kid passes through a mold of expectations and comes out the way his/her society or family or peers expect them to be. Through each chapter in this book, Jeremy is trying to inspect and balm the wounds in his heart, the oldest ones first. Then we find ourselves face to face with the author who directs us to the thought – aren’t we all worth love? Aren’t we all lovers, neck deep in pain playing with each other’s wounds? Don’t we all need each other to survive, heal and to survive above the meaningless tragedy of our everyday lives? So we lean in and listen, still unsure if we are intruding or consoling. And here we are on the other side, as readers, holding a wounded heart eavesdropping to its every sob and every wail,forgetting at times it is not our own. Poetry that’s raw and deep which takes you too close to a human’s beating heart scarred with the traumas in his life. How do you judge something that is so personal? How do you pass a comment on someone’s soul parted in half and placed in a platter? Well, that’s Jeremy’s poetry for you. But here I am, 5 days behind schedule,still rereading his book to make sure that i haven’t missed the imageries, thoughts and deep insights wrapped elegantly in his verses.įirst of all, let me ask a basic question to the readers.

I had promised Jeremy I would post a review by last Wednesday(09-05-2018). Boy!Was I wrong? And that too in such humongous scale. I have been writing poetry for the last 5 years so i thought reviewing a collection of poetry wouldn’t be a herculean task for me. Thank you Jeremy for this opportunity to review your second poetry collection – ‘Welcome to the sombre days’.

Welcome to the Sombre Days by Jeremy Mifsud