by Yung Pueblo
Published September 25, 2018
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Inward is a beautiful poetry collection that focuses on self-love, self-healing, and all the good that can come from these.
Diego Perez writes under the pen name Yung Pueblo, which means “young people,” according to his bio in the back of the book.
Pueblo begins with what he feels will be the lesson of the 21st century: that to harm another is to harm oneself and to heal oneself is to heal the world. That sets the tone for the poems that follow.
Poems are grouped into sections: distance, union, interlude, self-love, understanding. Interlude is a short story of sorts that sticks to the overall theme of the book.
Most of the poems are short, and a few pieces of short prose are woven among them. They speak of recognizing the pain we carry in ourselves and the importance of self-love to heal that pain, so we can offer our best selves to the world.
Pueblo’s writing is thoughtful and direct. You don’t need master sleuthing skills to decipher his meaning. This leaves the reader able to simply read and absorb.
I recommend this collection to lovers of poetry, as well as lovers of the self-help section. You may find more direction toward self-healing in this small volume than in a dense, text-heavy nonfiction book. I plan to buy the paperback copy to add to my shelf, because I want to revisit these poems again and again. They are good lessons and reminders.
Disclaimer: I received an advance-read copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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