The Nectar of Pain

A beautiful collection of heartfelt poetry. This is my first experience with Zebian's poetry, but it will not be my last.

Filled with elegant prose and verses, The Nectar of Pain writes about heartbreak and healing. The writing is beautiful, but I found it quite repetitive sometimes. All in all, it was an enjoyable read.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review

I just finished reading this book. Over all the book is pretty wonderful. Sometimes when I turned the pages from one to another, I feel like the book was written for me. I found lots of things or sentences which was so relatable with me and my life. All I can say is the book is literally for me

The Nectar of Pain

by Najwa Zebian

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Poetry

Pub Date 02 Oct 2018

I am reviewing The Nectar Of Pain through Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley:

Celebrated Lebanese Canadian Poet Najwa Zebian’s Second Collection Of poetry is a powerful and beautifully written collection!

In this collection of poetry we are taken through the poets painful heartbreak as well as the path to healing. Zebian writes with power and warmth, as well as compassion, taking us on an often painful and yet healing journey.

I give The Nectar Of Pain five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!

You see, in love you don't ge what you want

You get what you think you get'.

A poetry obsessive exploration of painful hearthbreak, The Nectar of Pain is a journey through the lows and highs of relationships with no future. Most of us been there at least once and going through the diversity of feelings ignited by such encounters is what a writer can offer as an alternative to being stuck in desperation.

'Homes stay

But you walked away'

After all, a heartbreak may be just the acknowledging of the fact that nothing stays the same and saying - or being said - 'good bye' is all for the good. It's what saved your self from being completely obligerated, changed, transfigured, desfigurated, destroyed by someone else's intrusion.

Feelings are often projections of our own wishes and expectations, hopes and dreams. Feelings are delicate butterflies and we suffer, but understanding what are we going through and how to use this experience as a way to know ourselves and the human world in general is what poetry can do. There are many poems in this book which simply helps you better see and understand a full range of feelings that heartbreak tends to obliterate. At first, there is only suffering and that feeling that your heart really broke. But hearts are strong muscles though that can overcome bigger life shocks. Hence, the name of the book The Nectar of Pain, as it has to do with that secret pleasant feeling at the end of a heartbreak where you are far beyond the suffering, a new person, ready for more, better, different.

Besides being a trustworthy companion through hearthbreaks, The Nectar of Pain reveals hidden meanings and different, unique interpretations and a hopeful, yet realistic approach on dramatic life events. Maybe after you go through half of the book you may think it is a bit too much and there are only different variants of the same thing, but you don't have to read this book in one sitting. Take your time, one heartbreak to heal at a time.

The Nectar of Pain by Najwa Zebian is a poetry collection that follows Najwa as she cleanses herself of heartbreak. The road, while unstable and often unforgiving, is painful but also rewarding in the end. The poetry she provides are bleed with her pain and her strength to heal and grow beyond the heart ache.
While the formatting of the poems felt confusing and a bit odd, it did give a unique experience to the collection. Sometimes, it was difficult to get through the collection because of all the pain that was in the collection, but it was a rewarding experience that made me grateful that I stuck with her words. Several of her pieces struck chords with me that made tears spring to my eyes, or made me smile and nod. Of her poems, there was this one section that I'd fallen completely in love with. It went like this:
The sun is closer to you
than I will ever be.
So burn,
if you wish.
You will not
see the shadow of me
even if you become
the sun
yourself.

Author Najwa Zebian transports us to different times and experiences.
Each Poem is compelling. We have no choice but to respond. We will feel different emotions as we keep reading. I love it.

Amazing work ! I wonder how she does it every to led a broken heart to victory and peace. Amazingly written. Loved it.

I have followed Najwa on social media for a while and I have previously read her book Mind Platter so I was excited to read The Nectar of Pain. It is a beautiful collection of poetry, I highly recommend it.

I follow Najwa on Instagram so I was really grateful to get a copy of her book. I absolutely loved it. This young lady has such a way with words and her poetry is so lifting. Thanks for an arc copy!

A beautiful collection of poetry focusing on heartbreak, and how we heal from it. I love the part at the beginning that states 'some spend a lifetime healing, and some spend a lifetime wanting to heal'. It's pointed out not everyone heals the same, and there will be setbacks in any healing, and that's okay. Recommended for any who love poetry.