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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
Rajni Kaur’s A Box of Delusions is a collection of original poetry that moves in a progression forward, each ranging in length, tone, and tenor. Among them is Sabotage, where a house of cards falls whenever the speaker lets something in, until the final collapse comes from the speaker’s own hand. Birds of a Flock follows an injured bird left behind when migration begins, waiting for companions who never return. Maybe asks whether better choices could have created a better world. Love looks at the performance of perfection that keeps people from genuine connection. If Science Was A Religion imagines God as energy moving through the natural world before life returns to the universe after death.
Rajni Kaur’s A Box of Delusions is first-rate modern poetry, and Kaur writes in a wonderfully immersive voice that is unmistakably hers. Poetry can be a bit tricky to discuss because, like visual art, a piece will speak to the viewer in different ways. While it is impossible to pick a favorite, two poems really tapped into my feelings in a special way: Hallway, and The River and the Ocean. Hallway is brilliant because it's so textured and Kaur writes in visual verse to give memory a physical place. Old rooms hold dread, guilt waits in the attic, and anger is the emotion that once guarded the gate. The River and the Ocean is just as beautiful. A polluted river arrives, ashamed of every fall and every stone thrown at it, then the ocean answers that this history is simply part of what the river is. That exchange is gorgeous. Readers who enjoy contemporary poetry will adore this. Very highly recommended.
