{"id":7645,"date":"2026-10-23T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7645"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:35:52","slug":"crazy-love-by-adam-roa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7645","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Love by Adam Roa"},"content":{"rendered":"

An impassioned poetry collection about the myriad forms of love<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Featuring rhythmic poems and raw journal entries, Crazy Love<\/em> is a collection all about love. It\u2019s a journey through the waves of romantic love, the challenges of self-love, and the unexpected ways that love shows up in heartache and healing.<\/p>\n

The poetry featured across this collection was originally written as spoken word poems. Roa includes a QR code in the opening for readers interested in hearing a few of the pieces in their original format. Listening to them provides a helpful, evocative cadence, as each poem calls to be read with care to its rhythm.<\/p>\n

Opening with a section titled \u201cDream Love,\u201dwe begin this poetic pilgrimage focusing on ponderings of a future lover and love experiences that do not yet exist. From there we enter the realms of \u201cNot-Quite Love\u201d and \u201cScary Love.\u201d The former focuses on experiences that could be love, but don\u2019t quite meet the mark. The latter delves into the butterfly-inducing nervousness and doubt that comes with a budding love.<\/p>\n

\u201cand you\u2019ll be so grateful to love.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

because while it is always messy and never convenient<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

it is love that turned your house into a home.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur Love\u201d collects pieces about an ultimate love, the one that feels like what you\u2019ve been searching for all along. It\u2019s the opening of the heart and pouring in of love. But from here, our journey takes a turn into \u201cPainful Love\u201d and \u201cBroken Love.\u201dThese follow a love that is going sour, a love that is disconnected, until finally it breaks and heartache makes itself known.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealing Love\u201d is the final section before the closing note from Roa in \u201cEmpowered Love.\u201dThis is where we detour away from romantic love and focus on getting back up, the resilience of recovery, and loving oneself. The journal entries feel the most reflective here, and you can witness healing happen.<\/p>\n

Scattered across this collection are journal entries that bring us deeper into Roa\u2019s mind. They are raw, thoughtful, and deeply personal. These journal entries bring forth a sense of wholeness to each section, adding more to each theme. These entries help make each section feel like a singular entity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCrazy Love\u201d is an introspective spiritual journey, a meditation on love that\u2019s rhythmic within each poem and its formatting. We ebb and flow through the journey of love as we ebb and flow through long poems, short poems, and journal entries. Roa has poured himself\u2014his love\u2014into these works.<\/p>\n

Like any collection, some poems fall flat and won\u2019t be for every reader. A few of the single-sentence poems feel a bit clich\u00e9. But the beautiful thing about poetry is that not every poem is meant for every single person. This collection balances those single-sentence poems with longer, multi-page pieces. Love is a universal subject, and with this collection, even if you aren\u2019t moved by poems about love in the romantic sense, there are standout pieces relating to self-love.<\/p>\n

This collection is for lovers of love, in all its forms: wonderful, painful, challenging, and beyond. It\u2019s for readers who are spiritual and often find themselves reflecting on life and love.<\/p>\n

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An impassioned poetry collection about the myriad forms of love Featuring rhythmic poems and raw journal entries, Crazy Love is a collection all about love. It\u2019s a journey through the waves of romantic love, the challenges of self-love, and the unexpected ways that love shows up in heartache and healing. The poetry featured across this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645"}],"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=7645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}