The Gravity Inside of Us was my first foray into poetry collections and what a wonderful introduction it was. In this book the author talks of love, of lose, of heartbreak, and of the struggle of finding a singular place to stay. Through it all though you get this underlying question of what connects us to each other and especially to one person when we fall in love. Is it magic or something unknowable and un-understandable or maybe is it something as simple as gravity.

This was right up my alley. I love poetry books like this and the writing is beautiful. I look forward to more works by this author!

First of all, thank you NetGalley for sending me this arc in exchange for an honest review.
It’s a beautiful collection of poems. The thing about reading poetry is that you search for someone within those verses and I could do that in this book. It’s a gorgeous story about heartbreaks, love, healing... I’m not sure if it’s the time I read it or what, but this book told me exactly what I needed to hear.
Love is a very weird thing, but no matter the gender and sexual orientation, no matter that we all experience different things with different people, our emotions are very similar and this book reminded me of that.

This poetry collection was poignant. It reaches out to share the heartbreak of lost love without beating a dead horse or sounding defeated. Chloe is an artist with her words and invites us to experience life alongside her in a way that few poets can fully capture.

One thing - this book needs to be proofread for grammar. The inconsistency of the capitalization was a bit distracting once I realized it was a problem. Are we capitalizing on the start of each sentence? Each new line? Only specific words?

Think we’ve all had a love that ended, but as forever stuck with us. Beautiful set of poems about love and that forever feeling towards someone our heart will never fully let go of.

At its center, this book is about following your heart. Gravity draws things down to where they belong and that is what each of us are tasked with in this life- to allow the falling, to awaken to the journey, and to see where it leads,

This poem was a rollercoaster for me. Some were just okay and I didn't have a reaction to them. Others filled my eyes with tears and I saved the page so I could return to them again and again like a spell. Though there were some points of disengagement throughout my reading, Chloe's poignant meditations on what it means to love and let go of both people and places was extremely compelling. I felt like I was invited into Chloe's heart as she asked herself the BIG questions that we all ask, but are often too afraid to admit. I especially resonated with the themes around what it means to be a person who loves hard and fast. I also was super pleased to discover that this had LGBTQ representation.

If you need a poetry collection that can help you to let go, heal, and reflect on your past experiences with kindness and grace then this one is for you.

I really enjoyed several of the author's poems, especially ones that were sea or nautical-themed. I enjoyed the beginning and ending most. The middle was a bit slower for me to get through. I found the use of 2nd person to be tiring, even though it totally works for poetry, it just began to feel like she was speaking to the same person over and over again.
Overall, it was enjoyable and I would recommend it to someone who is maybe going through a breakup or experiencing their first breakup.

Humans can sense magnetic fields.
Theres something that starts inert but ignites.
"Stop holding your humanity like a failure" becomes so powerful when you can externalise your condition.
Hope, Courage, Dream.
There's diametric feelings in the same poem. The certain setting sun Vs those who have not fallen into place. softness vs strength.
A good poet will convince you to go on their journey and make you feel what they feel. With minimalist lines, you still follow the poet to big feelings.
Earth when moving is fickle and stable when it stands still.
Trying to forget loves, still hoping that the virtue melts the disheartened.
Without titles, theres a run along feeling of no demarcations from one poem to another, from one feeling to another..

With April right around the corner, here's my prompts:
1. When you like some good imagination like the " I want to be a field of wild flowers.." add or remove the "I want to be" to see its effect on you.
2. "If a mind is a museum.."
3. "I lost but remained". Nice unpunning.
4. "Still me". Even after love gone sour. Could this be a beginning for your poem?
5. "Fear is not a second language". What if fear is a second language? Like you are not doing it right.

I LOVED THIS. So many beautiful poems and so many I just felt inside my heart. Even if I didn't have the same experiences as the auhor I could still reasonate with them. Also finally a poem about "her" and that was just nice because all poems about "hims" just hit different for my lesbian self.

My favorite:

I hope
the light
is finding you
even (especially)
when you do not
have the strength
to go
looking for it.

There are some really beautiful poems in here and if you enjoy simple, lyrical poetry, I think you'll love this collection. For me, it was a hit and a miss as it is with many works of poetry. There were a handful of poems that I really loved and would read over and over, but then there were others that felt very generic and I just felt like I wanted a little more out of it. It's a really quick read though and I had a good reading experience with the book!

I haven't read an anthology in a while and this was such a good and interesting one, it was really beautiful. Author did a good job !!!

This book had some really wonderful poetry. It made you think about everything after every page. You should not read this book 1 one setting but take your time and think about everything you think it is saying to you

A beautiful collection of poems! I had a great time reading them and really enjoyed the entire collection overall.

*Thanks Netgalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*