Book: Naked Heart
Author: Tabitha Robin
Genre: Dark Poetry



Naked Heart by Tabitha Robin gripped me from the very beginning. The ease in which her pain spilled across the page left me turning page after page. I was left ragged and bereft, yet filled with a certain fulfillment of knowing. Tabitha Robin truly lays herself bare upon the page in this emotionally gripping glimpse at her past self. Robin continues to get better and better as she writes; I anticipate seeing this book in many, many readers’ hands who want to both understand her and themselves better!

This reader highly recommends Dark Mask, Naked Heart, and Hate, but don’t stop there!

Rating: 4**** Stars

Review by B.B. Walter

AUTHOR: Tabitha Robin

These poems tell the story of a woman who has been physically abused and mentally tormented by the hands and heart of a man who was suppose to love her. In her words, she shared the emotional roller coaster of insanity and solitude; from contemplating suicide to drug addiction. Somewhere between heaven and hell she lay undecided not knowing if death or life would be her savior. The poem “Black wings” displays the acronyms to the REVELATION OF LIFE. And, “Blood of hate, In the category of all, and Hate, reveal the shameful truth of a woman scorned who has reached her end.

Because my life was so much like these poems, I am able to relate to the shame, heartache, bitterness and hate. I believe that kindred spirits uniquely connect and bind beyond a world of understanding. Prose such as “tear me with a knife dull” took me back to a time when drugs tore a deep wound in my relationship with my family. The vow of trust was broken and the fear of doubt was subconsciously embedded; it has taken years of sobriety to mend those wounds. Only a scar remains to remind me of how well I’ve healed.




Reviewer: Wanda