Our Numbered Days
By Neil Hilborn
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Neil Hilborn
Neil Hilborn is a College National Poetry Slam champion and a 2011 graduate with honors from Macalester College. In 2013, his poems "OCD" and "The Future" went viral, garnering over 125 million combined views to date, making them among the most-viewed poems of all time. He has performed in 39 states and 7 countries, and in 2017 alone he traveled more than 50,000 miles to perform his poetry. Originally from Houston, Texas, he now lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Future is Neil’s second full-length poetry collection.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's been a minute since I picked up a poetry book, but after having seen the viral video of Neil Hilborn reading his poem OCD, I knew I had to read more. He has a very evocative, brash, alluring style that I find most appealing and his poems cover a variety of topics. I very much enjoyed this collection, even though you can tell some are meant to be listened to, not just merely read. Reading this has made me inspired to fit some other poetry in, I need a good palate cleanser from time to time. I would definitely recommend this and his online videos to get a feel for his style and rhythm.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A poetry collection in which many of the poems are about mental health--both dealing with mental illness and just being mentally healthy (or not). Sometimes funny, often heart wrenching. Full of both lines and whole poems that are absolute gems.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I started reading it and didn't really like it at first. I couldn't understand the poetry and wondered if the words make no sense to other readers as well, or am I just stupid. And then, it dawned on me that I'd read the Table of Contents as a poem. . .
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a really hardhitting collection. I really enjoyed the poems that focused on mental illness- OCD was incredible- and the ones about family, there's something so raw and honest about his poetry where he does't romanticise the things he has gone through. Although the style of certain poems were a miss, I feel like his use of language and imagery is beautiful without being confusing, and I really love this collection.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Neil has so much emotion boiling out of him. I remember the first time I heard him read, I was in the middle of my last serious depression and everything felt like mud, the air, my heart, my thoughts. I was scrolling through my facebook and it autoplays, and I heard the words, "When your fourth love leaves you-" and I was enraptured by this young man full of energy and creativity and pain and hope and love. I immediately looked for any performance by him I could find (and I still regularly search for updates, I'm subscribed to Button Poetry, I follow his Instagram... wow, I sound like a stalker...) but my point is that here was a poet saying things that I feel in the way that I think and it sounded amazing. I hadn't written a poem since my last dark depression started, I had decided my muse was dead, but Neil made me want to start writing again.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely loved it! My expectations were a bit high but it was definitely worth the read. Even though I didn’t really connect in the beginning, the second part of the book blew me away.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Pathetic non-poetry for smug leftists. The one about Paula Deen will have you cringing for weeks. Highlights: "Skyline With Crane And Stormclouds."
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I prefer his second volume, but I will always love his poems Joey and OCD.