Talk to Me Always

Masterful and profound. An amazing book that combines poetry, magic, and photography. Highly recommend this one !

This collection of poetry, photography, and prose is beautiful in a way that feels raw, but which I'm sure took a great deal of tireless effort. HSH Prince Alexi's collection of scrapbook-style images, impressions, and imaginings are a peek into the heart and mind of a person who has invested in his inner life in a way that I don't often encounter from the male species. It's a collection that includes verses and pictures of his romances, his sons, his models, his hobbies, and himself, in ways that are undisguised or embellished, and makes the reader feel the author is pouring his soul out to them in the only way he knows how.
TALK TO ME ALWAYS will be published on October 27th, 2020!
Thanks to HSH Prince Alexi Lubomirsk and NetGalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my truthful opinion.

Thanks to #Netgalley for making this book available to me.
I tried to read every poem in this book and it took such a long time then I realized that I could just get myself a copy when it comes out and read and enjoy it as slowly as I can.
Each poem is accompanied by a picture that speaks volumes about the intension behind the poem. There are poems, short stories which are written in prose and photography that highlights the importance of family, friendship, love, brotherhood, there are poems about hope and inspiration for a better future.
There are a few lines that spoke to me about mothers relationship with their children
"We have both ages now,
and I have evolved from protected to protector
As we outgrew you, my siblings and I began to discuss your well-being, more than our own"
This just simply shows the circle of life, the children become the parents and the parents one that needs to be cared for.

There is also another that slightly address addiction and recovery in the poem "Vegan Poem"
'Like an ex-smoker cleaning an ashtray,
an ex-drinker surrounded by slurred conversation,
an ex-addict being shouted at by his friends.
Once we move on, it pains us to see what we once were'

This just reminds me of a conversation I had once with a friend about how when you leave a situation can you really look back and realized how toxic that position was in totality.
I really enjoyed this and I hope you check it out.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for provide me with a digital copy in exchange for my honest review.
I’m familiarized with the photography work of the author, and I always enjoyed so I was anxious to read this book. And I have to say that I’m not disappointed. Beautiful pictures make the perfect company to beautiful words.

I think this was certainly a very fantastic read. With a superb reflection of words, the poet has magically interwoven the emotions through the poems, the prose, and the beautiful pictures. I also loved how these poems were so wide in their intensity and topics. They were on love, on nature, on familial bonds, etc and I for one, had a delightful time reading a few every day. I savoured the words and lived forward to reading these pieces of particular joy every day.
I think these were certainly some wonderful poems and I am glad I had the opportunity to read them. The writing was simply marvelous if not complete mastery in emotions and words. I implore everyone to pick up this book!

"With each image
I feel as though I am writing poetry,
trying to document in images the miracles I see before me.

The light that dances off your face
and the soft glow of your skin
are the similes and metaphors that form each verse.

I write as fast as I can with my shutter,
scared that I will miss a dip of your chin,
a raise of your eyebrow, a twinkle in your eye.

As fast as it began, it is over.
Life starts up again,
and I am left with whatever my camera has stolen.

Images that captured that incredible moment in time
when your eyes burnt a hole through a piece of glass
and pierced my soul.

Such is the sweet pain I feel.
To witness heaven's light for a brief second
before it disappears, once more, into the haze of life."

-An excerpt from the poem, 'How Sweet The Irony'.

Thank you NetGalley and Andrews McMeel for providing me with a temporary e-arc.

'Talk To Me Always', by the high-profile celebrity fashion photographer HSH Prince Alexi Lubomirski, is a collection of 'Photopoetry'-the pairing of his iconic photography with his hypnotic and dreamy poetry as an ode to all art-lovers. Divided into 9 sections, he explores the themes of love, loss, family, fatherhood, hope, courage, and inspiration.

With the blend of two artful expressions: Photography & Poetry, complementing each other with their emotive expressions evoking the true character of both expressions like never before, HRH Prince Alexi Lubomirski brings an exquisite experience with his empathetic, emotionally fierce and thought-awakening photopoetry collection. The sections divided are self-explanatory and well put together exploring themes with amazing metaphors. The portrayal of the underlying theme of being in sync with the divine universe and connecting with those before us & the one inside of us to bring the best out of our existence in most of the pieces stands out to make a profound impact on the readers. The core of this collection lies within its visuals and imagery- something that has been fulfilled with masterful photos that etch permanently inside you and with poems owning vivid imagery within them. The entire collection is visually and intellectually enticing all while being emotionally stirring!

Nearly every poem is long and leaves you wanting for more, thanks to the artful portrayal of the essence of a poem. HSH proves that he is someone one can always count on for beautiful full-length/long poems that flows beautifully through one's mind and soul. With different lengths and styles, HSH knows how to create one such experience and I can only imagine how the experience would be with a physical book!

This is far from being a quick read and it is something that makes the collection more impressive. This is a book for everyone: lover of the genre- photography and/or poetry and just about anyone else. I think I have said enough and it is up to you to explore this collection and find out about this all by yourself! To end with, I can never thank the publisher for being the best one out there when it comes to poetry. Their books always hit the right mark and end up being part of my 'elite reads' almost all the time! And this one, right here, is now one of my elite reads and I'm pretty sure it will be everyone else's too...!

A mesmerizing read a book so beautiful so enchanting.The author shares with us his photography his beautiful poetry.This is a book to treasure to recommend a true gem.#betgalley #abdrewmacneel

A perfect blend of poetry and photography. I loved the beautiful poems full of emotions and feelings.
Each poem is accompanied by a picture that speaks volumes about the intension behind the poem. There are poems, short stories which are written in prose and photography that highlights the importance of family, friendship, love, brotherhood, there are poems about hope and inspiration for a better future.
With a superb reflection of words, the poet has magically interwoven the emotions through the poems, the prose, and the beautiful pictures. I also loved how these poems were so wide in their intensity and topics.
I found a sweet attachment towards the way this book was written; with pictures that had stories—which were later gazed upon with the following poems. It will be seen as a low adjective if I say that I connected to the book because to me it was more than a book. It was honesty, it was love, it was pouring of life. It was consciousness. And it was visible that when the author was set to write the book, when the author started writing the book, he was "being". A state of awareness that gave birth to something that is so important to everyone and as well as the author; being not a product but a part of him.

This is an exceptionally beautiful, heartfelt book of poetry. It goes beyond the insta-poetry that we've gotten used to in the last few years.

The poems themselves seem like raw, outpourings from his heart, covering a wide variety of subjects... some of them could come across as unpolished even, but to be honest, I like it that way - that it's not all perfect. It just makes the words and the emotions that much more real.

I loved this book, and I'd even buy a physical copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for providing me with a copy of this book.

#TalktoMeAlways #NetGalley

When I talk about poetry and what it contains, I talk about it as if it is a religion that I follow. Something quite utopian and dystopian whose mannerisms are just so because of the author's narrative and imagination.
This collection focuses more on actuality, hence the above mentioned factors of the subject of poetry form through the reality, hence making it more truthful and profound—impact wise.

The author touches various disciplines or easily termed as, "branches that lead to the higher power—Human Consciousness" with a very good amount of personal reflection that is extremely visible through the scrutiny of the texts, irrespective of how long or short is the length of the poem; the message is very clear, because of the appropriate portrayal of the author.

Every poem carries numerous affirmations. I found them suitable to be read out loud and took a moment a while later after finishing just to let the messages sink in. Which every page's progress, to someone, here me, it was visible that the author has explored the map of spirituality and is walking right on it, as I, myself am on path of the same destiny, just a different route.

I found a sweet attachment towards the way this book was written; with pictures that had stories—which were later gazed upon with the following poems. It will be seen as a low adjective if I say that I connected to the book because to me it was more than a book. It was honesty, it was love, it was pouring of life. It was consciousness. And it was visible that when the author was set to write the book, when the author started writing the book, he was "being". A state of awareness that gave birth to something that is so important to everyone and as well as the author; being not a product but a part of him.

I must say that I read this book just in time. Grateful to have recieved a copy from Netgalley by Andrews Mcmeel Publishing.

Talk To Me Always is a collection of poems accompanied by beautiful photography. The author of this collection is a celebrity fashion photographer Alexi Lubimorski. In his poems, he explores love, family, fatherhood, nature, hope, life, and death.

I listened to an audiobook and read the poems in an ebook at the same time. The author himself is reading poetry, and he presents it very well. I recommend this to all who like poetry and photography.

This ebook is good because you can see all those excellent photographs that accompany these poems very well. An audiobook is also good because you can hear the author's interpretation and how it should sound.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own

Such a beautiful book! The poetry finds a way deep inside your heart and the photographs are really eye-catching. This poetry book is really different from any poetry book I have ever read and it is one I definitely want a physical copy of so that I can display it in my house.

Disclaimer: I received this book for free in exchange of my honest opinion.

I am not a big reader of poetry, but Alexi Lubomirski's poems - especially those about love and family - felt so genuine and intimate, like he did not actually write them to be shared with the world. There is a intangible vulnerability about them that really touched my heart.

I did not feel the same about all the poetry presented in this book, but what those poems lacks, the book makes up for in the beautiful photographs, most of them also by the author. The photographs too have a fragility to them that fascinates me.

It is a special volume.