I think Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You is a wonderful debut poetry collection by Misha Collins. It showcases his talent and personality as a poet and as a person.

I liked this. The audio was good and easy to listen to. I’ve read some of his poetry before, so I was excited to get this.

I am not a really big fan of poetry but I wanted to try again with Collins' collection. Unfortunately, I didn't any further than the first 20 minutes as I didn't feel anything listening to Collins reading, except maybe a little awkwardness as I had the impression the reading didn't get any emotion (it was a bit too fast for me).
That doesn't mean it wouldn't please my customers so I have the paperback version in my shop.

This book is such a raw, honest dive into the human experience of love, relationships and the intricacies of human interaction.
I’ve always believed vulnerability creates the most meaningful and relatable poetry, and Misha delivered.

Sweet, melancholic, and hopeful. This collection took me through a rang of emotions and reflections on my own experiences. I really enjoyed the linear progression of the poems which formed a narrative of aging and the different life experiences that come along with it.

Great first book of poetry. I would be very interested to read future releases from Misha.

A heartfelt poetry collection that gets a new life when the author reads it with the intent behind it. I think for poetry especially, being read by the author adds something to the words that's not their on their own.

This was not what I was expecting. I'm not even sure WHAT I was expecting but this wasn't it. It didn't really do anything for me. Poetry is very hit or miss for me! Sorry Misha!

Misha will forever be in my heart as one of my favorite creators. Hearing him read his own poetry aloud only makes the experience that much better.

This will hit you in all the feels. I didn’t realize all the hype about the book, but I can see why as a reader you either love it or hate it.

It is raw and real.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

Lovely, sad, wistful.

I really enjoyed listening to Misha read his poems. I liked it so much that I think all books of poetry should be read by their authors, though I’m not too sure how that would pan out. Regardless, this book, this author and this audio was stunning. I could feel the weight of his emotions pressing in on all accounts and enjoyed feeling all the feels. I loved each poem, some more than others and felt that kindred spirit parents get as I heard your account, not unlike my own of loving two small children.

Thank you for sharing these.

Special thank you to #NetGalley, #MishaCollins and #AndrewsMcMeelPublishing for sharing this digital copy for my honest thoughts on #SomeThingsIStilCantTellYou

I was lucky enough to listen to this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Like many, I loved seeing Misha Collins play Castiel on Supernatural, so when I saw this book I immediately wanted to listen to it, and as a bonus he reads the poems himself. I think poetry is always better when read by the poet themselves.

The poems are tender, raw, and honest. All of us have moments of realization where we stop to appreciate some aspect of life and the world around us - in this book Misha captures some of these delicate, fleeting moments.

As flawed humans we also experience oh s*** times when we realize we’ve forgotten somehow to appreciate someone or something in order to pay attention to our own boredom. The moment of such realizations is captured in this book too.

I like that these are real person poems and not fake or dramatized or made to sound old-timey. They are perfect just the way they are.

I enjoyed listening to the whole book all in one go. I think anyone would enjoy these poems and I recommend them.

Misha Collins starts this group of poems with a dedication to his children. What follows is very personal. It is the long term study of a relationship and how it forms and changes. These poems are intimate looks at becoming a couple and then a family. Getting little glances into how this comes to be, the ups and downs and the understandings that have to form. These were a series of love letters to those closest to him.

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You is a collection of poetry from the wonderful Misha Collins. This book is full of beautiful moments, observations and vulnerability. Being a human in a complicated world is full of ups and downs and Misha captures his experience and reminds readers to wake up and be present in their lives. Hearing Misha read his poetry is magical.

Special thanks to Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed these life poems and always enjoy when poems are read by the author. Another great one!

Thank you, NetGalley for the chance to read and review this ARC.

Every single person giving this book 4 or 5 stars is only doing so because they have bad taste or are fans of Misha Collins. I liked supernatural, but I only thought mean things while I listened to this book.

Listening to Misha Collins read his poetry is just really calming. Every poem sounded extremely honest.

This kind of poetry just isn't for me. It doesn't even fell like poetry. Some of it was ok. Maybe if I was more of a fan of Misha Collins as an actor, or didn't know of him at all, I would have liked this more.

If, after reading this, you can’t feel Misha’s love for his family and his life you need to listen harder. Stop what you are doing go back and read this again. The poems are so moving and beautiful.

I listened to the audiobook version and hearing Misha read his words made it even more incredible.

Thank you to Misha Collins, Andrews McMeel Audio, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and Netgalley for a free audio-galley arc of 'Some Things I Still Can't Tell You' for an honest review.

I was definitely first interested in this based on the writer. This is the first collected work I've read by Collins, and it was nice for it to be a self-narrated collection of his poetry. While the poetry is not perfect, I felt there was something yearning and flawed and deeply human throughout the whole struggle of the chronological working of the order of the pieces.

While I appreciate his note in the afterward about how poetry volumes never make a publisher money, perhaps his book will see a little bit more movement due to the higher set pf his cap post-Supernatural, with his 'Army of Good' collective across the internet.

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I should preface this review admitting that I have read Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You several times. I have gifted it to friends, strangers, people from all over the world in fact. I adoringly ‘blame’ that on Misha, as well as this renewed sense of purpose he inadvertently introduced back into my life. My family is certainly sick of hearing about it I’m sure.

I am a bit ashamed to admit I didn’t even know who Misha Collins was pre-pandemic. I got a crash course over the last two years, and of course was eager to explore Misha the poetry author.

I think what I loved the most about this book was that it felt like we were almost reading a diary of his life, and so many moments that are relatable to our own lives. The highs, the lows, the loves, the heartbreaks, the fears, all just could be felt through the pages. Hearing him read it with those touches of happiness, sadness, longing, excitement, laughter, etc. made it that much more relatable. I experienced chills, aching in my heart, tears and laughter. I took notes when I listened and followed along in the book, but I got carried away as usual. So I won’t bore you with that.

I have one particular poem earmarked in the book. These Days. I read that after long days when I am bottling up all emotion, like I tend to do, so that I can feel ok to lay down on my own bed and cry. Listening to Misha speak the words, I cried even harder. I had to pause the book and step away. That feeling of just knowing that you’re not the only one who feels that way is overwhelming and oddly comforting.

His message to his children at the end was beautiful. I am so delighted that he decided to record the audiobook. It was lovely to hear it sound nearly exactly as I would have imagined. Misha, thank you for your transparency and for just being you.

Misha finds the beauty in small details of life. The imagery was intoxicating and I appreciated the level of detail through each of the six sections. He turned a single blade of grass on the sidewalk into a philosophical experience.

One thing I greatly appreciated about this collection was that he was able to see moments for what they were, not what they became through tainted events and natural shifts in his life. He reflected on his love for his now separated wife with intense, pure, new love in his eyes. This is difficult to achieve and it was done well.

I also had the opportunity to listen to the audio, which was narrated by the poet himself. It added depth of emotion being able to hear the poet speaking his own verses to show the intonation and emotion beyond the page.

The collection is available now, and the audiobook releases on April 12! 🙌🥰 thanks @netgalley and @andrewsmcmeel for the gifted audiobook in exchange for my honest review.