{"id":5042,"date":"2025-12-05T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:56:00","slug":"book-review-thank-the-sweet-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5042","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Thank the Sweet Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank the Sweet Waters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Lucille May<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Poetry \/ Love & Romance<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9781955671873<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 68 pages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>A rich and multilayered examination of love\u2019s blossoming, revealed through insightful poetry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thank the Sweet Waters<\/em> by Lucille May offers a tender look at love from first blush to the rhythm of daily living with a partner, a rhythm always rooted in the beauty and movement of the natural world.<\/p>\n

Organized into three distinct sections, \u201cFalling in Love Together,\u201d \u201cLove in Practice,\u201d and \u201cWhat Matters,\u201d the book delves deeply into love as emotion and action. Big sweeping declarations juxtapose tiny everyday moments, and May carefully gathers them like a bouquet.<\/p>\n

Many of the poems offer a glimpse into small details of life, such as \u201cMorgan\u2019s First Hat\u201d and \u201cEarly Talks with Our Sperm Donor,\u201d and just as many provide an untethered snapshot of life and love that feels universal, like these lines from \u201cI Heard You Got Married:\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe great promise of marriage is this:
I will spend my time with you.
I give you my time.
It\u2019s all we have to give, really.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gilding May\u2019s lyrical writing is the ebb and flow of life. Rising suns, seasonal rains, birdsongs, trees with ripening fruit, fireflies, and soil paint time and relationships with an evergreen feeling. She doesn\u2019t shy away from the challenges of love, like conflict, forgiveness, and change, nor the joys, like desire, peace, and fulfillment. May\u2019s astute observations, like the touch of hand, lingering mealtimes, and the empty side of the bed, offer details that ground her work while also showing a universal accessibility, whether this is the first or fiftieth poetry collection you\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\n

Thank the Sweet Waters<\/em> is a neatly balanced and well-rounded collection of poetry that walks the reader through love in all its growing and sustaining phases, pulsing with a natural sway between short pieces and longer ones. And the final entry, \u201cRemember This\u201d brings the title and the overall collection full circle in a meaningful and memorable way.<\/p>\n

A debut collection that reads like that of a lifelong practitioner of the art, this book is stitched together with care and attentiveness to every word, especially those in the briefest poems, and their arrangement cultivates not just feelings but authentic connection. I\u2019m enthralled by nearly everything May\u2019s been able to do here.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to find a collection where every poem lands; however, in Thank the Sweet Waters<\/em>, so many of them genuinely reflect the core of love\u2019s past, present, and hopeful future. A thoughtful gift or worthwhile addition to your own bookshelf, Thank the Sweet Waters<\/em> highlights all that\u2019s possible when we surrender to perfectly imperfect love.<\/p>\n

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Thank the Sweet Waters by Lucille May Genre: Poetry \/ Love & Romance ISBN: 9781955671873 Print Length: 68 pages Amazon Reviewed by Amy Brozio-Andrews A rich and multilayered examination of love\u2019s blossoming, revealed through insightful poetry Thank the Sweet Waters by Lucille May offers a tender look at love from first blush to the rhythm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}