Gabbie Hanna's Poetry is BAD [part 1]

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[@tamara-1593]

“Sleep” is such a horrible poem... oh my god. Sounds like something I’d have written when I was 8!

[@keirareneau]

Tamara Ramadan i SWEAR it’s something i’ve jotted down in a notebook somewhere when i was meant to be taking notes 😂

[@killmenowordontimjustgay2046]

Ten y/o me could do better

[@star3674]

Honestly a child’s poem

[@mmymmy315]

I would be so proud of the poem.. If I were 6

[@latrellcasey1544]

Celeste C. McCarthy yea... sounds like a cute poem out of a child’s book; a child’s book.

[@supermeansadie6753]

Adultolescence?? At least she's aware of her stunted maturity level trapped in an adult body.

[@ewwwitscosso2292]

SuperMeanSadie every now and again I click on one of her and die inside all over again I seriously think she’s getting less and less mature and the baby voice she always does is so annoying!

[@Cloud_less]

Oh snap - got it in one! 😂

[@neftalicortez2625]

I wonder, why is she stunted? Like that's concerning but mostly I'm just nosy.

[@supermeansadie6753]

@@neftalicortez2625 some people just never grow up there is no reason. Maybe she's just surrounded by enablers.

[@supermeansadie6753]

@@ewwwitscosso2292 I can not stand to look at her. I think I saw her music video a few years ago and that was enough for me. Forever.

[@6ar6iee]

Jesus Christ. These are so bad I genuinely cant tell if she's trolling.

[@sophiephilosopher6303]

I hope she is, but I really don’t think so unfortunately.

[@xsaltypeach]

she prolly thinks that she is really deep and good lol

[@azulon435]

Either a troll or not whats really ofensive is that she thinks people should give their money to read a poem about how she is a lazy ass.

[@kumoki]

if she's not-

[@mybliminals9546]

as someone who watched gabbie while she promoted the heck outta this book, it’s... not trolling. they are personal to her.... oof

[@froggyful]

it sounds like a collection of twitter drafts that were too long :/

[@fabianalfonsoooo]

she sure did her research on twitter lol

[@Nanancay]

Some people actually made a book on tweets, did Rupi Kaur drawings and sold a TON OF BOOKS. People will actually buy this.

[@lillianrutledge684]

julia I’m dead

[@amandagiannini3503]

No wonder Gabbie is upset by this review .You can intelligently explain her own poems better than her and you can articulate yourself without be crood and having curse.

[@509wildflower]

While holding a glass of wine 🍷😌

[@What-fv1yl]

@@509wildflower what does that change

[@beans1557]

@@What-fv1yl It doesn’t change anything, it just seems cool, sassy, relaxed

[@Bootystank99659]

Crood is a childrens movie about cavemen Crude I hate to be the grammar police but how

[@slavbarbie]

​@@Bootystank99659while talking about someone being articulate...

[@starlyndiaz3628]

Gabbie: “ NO ONE UNDERSTANDS MY POETRY BECAUSE ITS TOO DEEP AND THEIR TOO NEURO-TYPICAL” Her poetry: “I like sleep. Sleep is neat.”

[@Gusta-qv2ly]

sOoOoOoO dEeEeEeEeEeEPpPpPpPpP

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

honestly, this might be kind of insensitive to me to say, but i roll my eyes whenever someone with adhd talks about how “neurotypicals can’t understand” them cuz ive been diagnosed with a lot of shit and out of everything that i have, adhd is by far the least intrusive of them. i cant imagine there are too many aspects of the adhd experience that most people can’t understand

[@msruag]

@@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314 nah i don't think it's insensitive it really is annoying to be honest

[@james__anna_burns4885]

i did. it. tell me wut you think 😂 “Sleep” i like sleep. sleep is neat. i like the colorful dreams dreams of what could never be i like the emptiness, the softness and who i am, the me of an untrue reality i like the role play, the pretending that all the bad things are gonna end and all the broken promises are mending of all the apologies they’re sending i like the chaos, the break away from our modern day of 9-5, the never ending grind the exhausting repetition of this life i like the nothingness, the void i love how i can hurt, but there’s no pain i love how there’s nothing to be gained from a lie i love how you try and try and try and never get anywhere i love how nothing matters how no one cares in the void no stares in the void no one even glances your way i like how your shoulder relax and your back cracks and you sigh, a deep long sigh a clear mind nothing to grasp for, no reason to try i like sleep i love the vast, peaceful, the empty, chaotic make believe. but mostly, i like how you never have to compete there’s no one in this world the world of dream this world of sleep there’s no one but me just me just me and my make believes

[@justasentientmclarenp1879]

Ayo but that’s like so deep sleep is neat is symbolic of her own something

[@meowyt]

Something I've noticed about Gabbie is that she's very fake deep. She's always talking about how deep her music is and there's so many underlying messages but her lyrics are all straight to the point and obvious, any meaning she does try to add seems so forced. I think this is a big reason why she chose to do a poetry book. Poetry's main point is to carry a message through your words and she chose to write poetry to seem deep. Her poems in reality aren't crafted to have a deep underlying meaning that you wouldn't realize until you've reread it tons of times, it's very straight to the point like you had said.

[@erikkajuvonen275]

I try to be polite and not Say anything but positive comments but I can’t help it Gabbie in general is not talented what so ever. she cannot sing at all.and when she first came out she did Comedy videos which I thought were all right. but I think this some what fame got to her head .Gabbie has become so fake now. honestly can’t stand her.not a fan at all..somebody is spewing bullshit into her ears saying that she’s amazing and can do everything and she’s the best singer dancer whatever and she’s just talentless in my opinion. but that’s just my opinion only one person but I just had to say it she sucks donkey...

[@Bee19207]

As much as I love ❤️ gabbie, I agree 😞

[@chinhvanhong1415]

YES

[@volkova6209]

@@erikkajuvonen275 i mean she can sing, u don't have to lie to dislike her. She's a great singer but she's um.. She seems fake deep to me. And she seems like an attention seeker

[@aks799]

Bigfoot yeah obviously she’s not the best singer but she can sing better than most other KZbin singers

[@Stacy_SJA]

Wait... 😳😳😳THIS can’t be the creator/video that everyone is talking about!!? This woman is phenomenal and what intelligence to even dissect Gabbie’s book & give us other poems as reference to support her opinion. I really hope this creator keeps doing commentary like this, and I’m definitely subscribing to see more of her content!

[@Stacy_SJA]

@@username.not.known2473 I’ve never seen the definition of deflection before! Went down a rabbit hole 🕳 and found helloleesh. She’s another INTELLIGENT creator that GH had issues with... chick is unreal with her petty problems. Maybe if she stopped hanging out with yes ma’am friends, she would know how to interact with humans.

[@becomingemmaemilia2709]

IKR!! I just came here after the drama and I'm shoock... this is just intelligent, well thought-out criticism. Gabbie Hannah had no right to say all those terrible things about Rachel. SHE JUST GAVE HER GENUINE ADVICE!!

[@jfinney225]

i feel the exact same way. crazy.

[@jennivalladares230]

Hopefully she doesn’t see this and get so butthurt that she’ll make an instagram story about it

[@minetasticallyco8425]

jenni Valladares or dm for hours lol

[@julekenyon]

jenni Valladares i was thinking the same thing lol

[@deadfat4071]

"Am I good @ poetry??" Poll posted on her insta story for her fans to vote lmao.

[@K1893]

OMG¡¡ are you serious¿¡

[@dana1892]

@@deadfat4071 that'd be hilarious

[@rexaholic2545]

Her poem “sticks” was actually quite nice until the last four lines. Completely ruined it and made it angsty self hatred, which is a common thing she likes to shove in literally anything she writes. There’s lots of problems with her writing, but specifically the angsty, edgy extreme grasp at attention that’s plaguing her work is seriously dragging her down. Mental illness is not a trend, and the attempt she’s making at making a statement to relate to youth is.. sad. It’s an obvious lack of connection to society due to her other problematic behaviors, and maybe someday when she works at her issues she may find writing to be more kind to her.

[@suffering_soup]

I completely agree. Literally every single Gabbie piece in this video was just absolutely drenched in edge and self-hatred and angst. It’s so overwhelming and wayy over done, and although I don’t think there’s anything wrong with having an angsty poem, hers just are not even a little bit subtle or elegant. Her writing sounds like an edgy teen dumping their feelings on tumblr, not an adult trying to tell a dark story through art. And there’s just nothing considerate about any of them, especially that last one about cutting hair. She’s so aggressive about the depression theme and it just makes it all sound like a joke. It’s very frustrating to read, I think especially as someone who has been surrounded by these very serious issues their whole life.

[@woowieghost]

I agree, out of all the poems she read out in this video by Gabbie I quite liked Sticks until the obvious twist and sudden change in rhyme structure that completely distrupted the flow of the poem. Just made the last few lines difficult to read and felt rushed and I couldn't help but think she was basically saying, "I'm an edgy teenager who uses depression as a trendy personality trait"

[@elizabethcabbage9817]

My sister tends to lean more towards this with normal conversation and it's kind of depressing but not even in the way she's trying to be.

[@auroranicol]

her music as well. 😔

[@aliciabreland9635]

very well said, I totally agree

[@tiffanylouise3971]

title: LINK actual poem: in bio gabbie: READ BETWEEN THE LINES YALL DONT UNDERSTAND!!!!!

[@antisocialapple7795]

This is clever 🤣

[@calibaracath]

i'm bad at poetry but i didn't think to write a whole book to tell y'all

[@agstinacueva1673]

Im sure your poetry is great. Most great artists dont appreciate their own work lol :)

[@slipperybiscuit3178]

damn

[@damianmroczny]

imagine being a tree and dying just so that a book like this could be made

[@greasonedporktips4325]

Did you get that from Alizee? Lol

[@damianmroczny]

Xena's Warpaint who??

[@r.j.penfold]

I would be ashamed

[@jayde2500]

Looking at it like that makes me so depressed

[@kitkatherine23]

its the dead trees blood on her hands for me✍🏻

[@samerupl]

I can't believe Gabbie thought it's bullying... She should just go back to school or something

[@swaits622]

*Gabbie files a complaint against each professor that critiques her work* 😂

[@gregorythehuman]

Bold of you to assume she’s ever been to school

[@lynsea8496]

She's just allergic to feedback. And reality.

[@mrkrabstinysadviolin1400]

Go *back* to school? She acts like she never left… (junior high, to be precise)

[@SaraRyan-v7r]

Fuck no! Im a fifth grade teacher. I need kids who come into my class writing at a third grade - at the very least! Also, being told to "manage my expectations" and being called a "narcissistic abuser" day after day would be an issue. I'm not cut out for this prison!

[@puppyhowler]

bo burnahm: *writes a song about going to chipotle and getting a burrito only to have the burrito fall apart making him upset and the burrito is actually a metaphor for his life and how the pressure of fame and being a comic has put serious strain on his mental health gabbie Hanna: i like sleep, sleep is neat

[@ahshitherewegoagain7461]

You made me rewatch bo burnham's shows because of this comment. His work is 1000x better than anything Gabbie could ever write or preform

[@puppyhowler]

@@ahshitherewegoagain7461 i totally forgot the first part of the song i mentioned! he complains about how he can't fit his hand in a pringles can, on the surface it's just him making fun of the fact that kanye was complaining about something so simple and petty (his shirts not selling). but on the inside, it's a commentary about how society puts so much unrealistic expectations onto everyone which why he asks everyone to raise their hand if they too can't fit their hand inside of a pringle can. the song goes on on and explains how we continue this cycle onto our children with the line "i want to have a daughter so i can finally have someone in the house who can fit their hand inside a pringle can"

[@Amandascx]

i saw an interview of bo where he said that the burrito part wasnt a metaphor but only a thing he thought was funny. still interesting to think about though

[@puppyhowler]

@@Amandascx yeah it's pretty obvious that it was a metaphor, bo's just pulling people's leg as he usually does

[@Amandascx]

@@puppyhowler i mean idk you can watch the interview. he said people where trying to read to much into it, but that maybe it was a subconscious thing

[@brentwolff5283]

Rachel: ~speaks in cursive~ Gabbie: *speaks in Comic Sans*

[@faithy_py]

Whats wrong with comic sans? Mah boi sans uses it to talk and he’s much smarter then gabbie lmao

[@devinsdead921]

more like Arial, bland.

[@rhysgrammling4531]

@@devinsdead921 nah it's Papyrus: unprofessional, unconventional and yet somehow still not interesting.

[@Tinybeequeen]

Brent Wolff hey man comic sans deserves better. It’s easy to read, particularly if you’re dyslexic (like me) I don’t think I can say the same of her poetry 😂😭

[@laurenbeck9088]

Rhys Grammling omg couldn't have said it better 😂

[@everybodys.worried.abt.quinn.]

LEG SO HOT HOT HOT LEG LEG SO HOT U FRY AN EG

[@madchencraig5395]

QuellyTheChickenNugget best poem

[@maureenk8707]

Ah, a man of culture I see

[@torquettalk]

Deserves to be in a book and I would buy it

[@captaindistracted1808]

That’s got the same energy as: Whole pussy out, Dirt in my mouth, Sing a lil diddly when I stroll down south, Bone removal, Without approval, I found your name and address on the google

[@zombi6751]

WRITE A POETRY BOOJ

[@regisatlas]

jesus christ i legitimately wrote better poetry in the 3rd grade

[@winkydinkytoodlesnoot8141]

i love your profile pic

[@regisatlas]

@@winkydinkytoodlesnoot8141 thanks!

[@warricklow4218]

She should only change the name from Adultloscence to Adolescence because that's the quality of her poems. i dont like being mean but she actually.

[@everybodys.worried.abt.quinn.]

Warrick Low adolescence is basically teenage stage. We write waaaaay better poetry than that

[@LA-rp5uy]

Elyssae i wrote a poem about cheese cause my text book said it hadn’t been done before and my teacher said it was actually not bad for a first poem: Oh cheese, Please know that you keep me in peace. Oh cheese! When I spend time with you I feel a release From the pain My skin begs you not tease Meeting you makes me feel less insane My insides hate how I indulge in your keens Oh, cheese. You see this sucks but you can see the effort freshmen me tried putting into it.

[@Katzunowo]

I saw the title and I was worried it was gonna be a different sort of video, but you speak with such knowledge and passion. I learned a lot about poetry because of this video, and I appreciate how you critiqued her and even complimented her work. Good video!

[@RachelOates]

Thank you so much! :)

[@eluvna9624]

it hurts my heart that there's actual poets and authors that pour their heart out into their work and struggling for just a bit of recognition but yet gabbie throws together a book with almost no meaning or work put into it and has it published and stocked at bookstores

[@azureazlon3947]

JK Rowling was rejected 12 times with the novel of Harry Potter, which turned out AMAZING. Then there’s Gabbie with her high following count and wealth...

[@ladyvader2648]

Idk I kinda feel like mainstream art is just like fast-food nowadays. I may be wrong but most stuff I see are

[@aquariussolaris2492]

@@azureazlon3947 well....

[@antisocialapple7795]

Yes well. These days, people don't do things for passion. They do things simply because they can. It may not be fair. But it is how it is. Making it in anything is harder now than ever.

[@corpsedisposal5535]

i know right ):

[@erikaangelique5025]

I found “cut” very inconsiderate and shallow. For anyone who has struggled with sh, it’s easy to tell how little thought and insight went into that “poem” 🙄

[@ambi_vale_nte]

And then she has the nerve to portray herself as a mental health advocate...I don't watch her videos so I might be wrong, but to me it seems like the only thing she does is romanticize mental illness

[@mynameisambertoo7379]

Laura Simon but is that really relevant though? she still made an indecent poem that purposefully tries to make a joke (as in the line “it’s a permanent solution to a temporary problem”; that is in no way a coincidence). you can struggle with mental health and still make a crude joke involving aspects of poor mental health.

[@laurasimon3323]

My Name Is Amber Too she speaks about her poems in the video as well. I’m not defending her at all. Just thought I’d let people know that she talked about all of this

[@two3298]

Imani Santana She is just a girl who has too big an ego and thinks she can do anything. She probably didn't mean it in that way, she just wanted to seem edgy and cool. Which is completely unacceptable, to use that way, and you have every right to be upset, that's a terrible thing to do. But she's not worth it, you'll probably experience more people like her, but she isn't worth relapsing over. You are stronger then her words. If you have the will/momentum to stop sh try and keep it, I for one have been off and on for years, how to keep that will has eluded me (I guess will is the wrong word, I always WANT to stop but the world sucks lol)

[@kiwihue]

it’s almost like she’s trying to normalize self harm.

[@Andrea-xe6kg]

I've never heard of Rachel or Gabbie until now. And I've never taken an interest in poetry before. But this video is remarkable. Rachel is so passionate, knowledgeable, and constructive here that I am absolutely enthralled. Subscribed.

[@RachelOates]

Thank you so much :)

[@iwanttobreakfree1307]

While I'm watching your video all I can think about is... Did she really had the AUDACITY to say you're not intellectual enough to understand her art? WOW!

[@soph1508]

Right???!! That was the bit that really got me, insulting Rachel's intelligence when she's such a beautiful, kind, intellectual person with an incredible understanding of poetry just got me so angry

[@coldhaixx1905]

Gabbie is like: EVERYBODY SHOULD LOVE ME AND YOUR OPINION DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IM A CELEBRITY HAHAHA

[@mrdad-zl9zl]

@@soph1508 rachel put more intellectual work into this video than gabbie did her whole book

[@kittykittybangbang000]

She’s so pretentious (gabbie not Rachel)

[@mrkrabstinysadviolin1400]

@@coldhaixx1905 she’s not even though. I had never, ever heard of her until I found repzilla’s channel while watching videos on Eugenia Cooney, who is herself a KZbin d-list “celeb”. I also regularly look at influencer gossip forums like lolcow and I STILL hadn’t heard of her even once until just the other day lmao. So…hardly a celebrity 😂😂😂

[@valentina2434]

Blonde Rachel drinking wine and criticizing poetry is the woman I aspire to become😂💗

[@madeline2282]

She's not good at writing poetry because she doesn't write poetry. That's the thing I don't understand with KZbinrs; sure they have a massive following of people who will consume this thing they create (poetry books, music, makeup, Lily Sing's talkshow, etc) and thing and tell them they're great, but that doesn't change the fact that they picked up a random thing and decided to do it regardless of skill or lack of training. She has a psych degree, not English. She isn't a writer. Why publish an entire book of poetry when you AREN'T a poet? People write for years before getting published for a reason. We all suck at first. One of the most common pieces of advice in writing is that you gotta kill your darlings and accept that the first book you write is likely terrible. You pay your dues and keep at it until it gets better, something she's starting to do with her music. But when you write your first book and publish on the first try because of a media following and not your work, it's gonna be rough. Not to say people can't learn new things, but like...walk before you run, which seems to be something she struggles with more than the average KZbinr (which is saying something)

[@tanvigandhi8390]

Your comment reminded me of this quote from movie 'kill your darlings'... "Kill your darlings, your crushes, your juvenile metaphysics. None of them belong on the page."

[@hannadebora5967]

Here poems remind me of the SNL skits about high school theatre. They're all too young to understand the complexity of issues and put on a fake deep play. It's all shallow and simplistic

[@del5257]

Hanna Debora this is such a great comparison lmao

[@maddy5827]

The one with Emma stone omg I love that skit HAHA

[@reggiepollock4669]

Faaaaacts

[@Debar28]

Hanna Debora hahaha that's somehow the perfect analogy

[@ninakolenic4487]

Yesss, snl high school theatre skit was my first thought when I read some of these 😂

[@beccahochanadel3907]

You said it perfectly when you said “Lazy writing with childish rhymes” This is horrible elementary poetry, I don’t know why Gabbie even bothered. Likely to just make a quick buck

[@melojordans23]

Likely??? It definitely is, just like her being an “artist”

[@snickerdoodlez017]

The fact that she rejects criticism of her work honestly shows that she doesnt care about the medium. Analyzing poetry is like.... one of the most important things about consuming poetry. I've never met a poet who wasnt interested in bettering their work by receiving feedback.

[@erintheclam4323]

Please become an English teacher oh my god

[@thiefhardt]

be MY english teacher

[@heademptysimpingonly4806]

fr tho if she became an english teacher then yeah cool but can you imagine the amount of students who would have a crush on her

[@hmmm6145]

dUde i was literally thinking this and just reflecting back to the poetry class i took this past semester and how fucking boring and useless it was and how i just learned way more about poetry from the first ten minutes of this video than like an entire semester of classes ,, need more teachers like this.

[@angieemm]

For your own sanity, don't become a teacher. You deserve more in life. Voice of experience, here.

[@HoneyBee-yd7ik]

Love how I came here to laugh at Gabbies "poems", but ended up falling in love with your pashion and knowledge of poems

[@Wormwoodification]

Yes. I could listen to her read poetry all day, especially one's written in a Yorkshire accent. Adorable.

[@Nyxxx_Nightshade]

Pashion?

[@chadhiggins9944]

Are you trying to say fashion or passion? Or are you cleverly merging the two words?

[@mementomori9334]

*reads title* Me: that's a little harsh... Gabbie: I like sleep. Sleep is neat Me: ... I take it back

[@robynbridge6166]

this “poetry” book is like instagram deep, like the deep thats fake deep and isn’t even deep

[@cellothere5723]

robyn bridge it's the epitome of ”s(he) be(lie)ve(d)”

[@dimitrijames00001]

I'm 14 and this is deep

[@baileybabb2124]

I feel like Gabbie shouldn’t have called this “poetry” so much as a collection of written thoughts.

[@baileybabb2124]

They still suck

[@Ζωή-σ7η]

Isnt poetry just a collection of written thoughts? It's just very shallow, basic, beginner level poetry.

[@baileybabb2124]

Μουσική Είναι Ζωή Poetry can be anything... but I think it suggests a certain level of quality and sets a certain expectation. I think it would have been smarter to call them her thoughts rather than poems because then she could write just anything and no one could say “this is a bad poem.” I do think there is a difference between thoughts and poetry though- to me, poetry is thought you can sink your teeth into. These are just... thoughts Gabbie thinks are deep and edgy but are just......... lame lol

[@fabianalfonsoooo]

it's a collection of twitter long drafts

[@baileybabb2124]

Fabian Alfonso LMAO should have stayed in the drafts

[@AllyTheGreat14]

So this is what Gabbie had a Twitter and Instagram tantrum about?

[@turner15]

Ye

[@clxranewton]

here’s one of my favorite poems: “I loved my friend. He went away from me. There is nothing more to say. The poem ends, Soft as it began - I loved my friend.” -Langston Hughes it’s so simple (it was written in the point of view of a little girl, actually) but it conveys so much emotion and I just enjoy it so much.

[@criminalkey2259]

wow i love this

[@Jerrynieh900810]

Hello,I changed a little to adapt my situation because I was bored,it’s my first time doing this and just some thoughts. friends I liked my friend. She just sat next to me, things don’t work out like that, so She went away. Aware as I was, she left peacefully, like how it began- I liked my friend. I guess it’s that Time again.

[@telescope_6990]

ßallofweirdneß wooow that is super gooood I love both the original and your adaptation

[@Jerrynieh900810]

ConfusionYT glad you liked my silly “poem” that I regretted posting. ha

[@telescope_6990]

ßallofweirdneß I don’t think it’s silly but suit yourself 👍🏻

[@koivunen2489]

Sometime after my mum died I stumbled upon a poetry book called "the princess saves herself in this one". A part it was about loss and grief and complex feelings that come with losing someone you had a difficult relationship with. It really helped me with the process. And there was one about being bookish, lonely kid that hit me in the feels.

[@RachelOates]

Oh I love that collection!

[@edvh88]

I love that book.

[@lunacouer]

Thank you for the recommendation! I just checked out the Kindle version from my library.

[@raecoy]

The author has written another one called The Witch Doesn’t Burn In This One. It’s got sections about self-saving and pulling yourself up by the boot straps and reclaiming your self (in my interpretation anyway). I would definitely recommend it!

[@nellbell164]

I have that book. Every time I read it I tear up bad

[@taehyungistheguccigod4825]

The poetry I write while listening to the Lorax soundtrack on repeat at 12am is better than this.

[@ObamaMpreg]

Born To shit Forced To wipe - Gabbie Hanna

[@sharonberry410]

Touche'!

[@hannahseling1513]

Her self-hating angst (with a light-hearted twist) seems... disingenuous. I don't really know another way to put it. Disingenuous. Like these issues, such as self-harm, are put in there just to make it "edgy". It feels inauthentic, like she hasn't really struggled with them at all. I'm not saying people need to have experienced or be experts on these things to write about them. Perhaps she has actually experienced some of these things, and who am I to call her inauthentic, to invalidate her life and experiences? However it seems, to me at least, that there is a fundamental difference between a respectful examination and whatever this is. This haphazard relevant topic bull*

[@hannahseling1513]

@J yup

[@melrose3611]

I'm eight minutes into this video and I'm just so freaking shocked Gabbie would have published a poem like "Sleep." Now I've read my fair share of poems that are intentionally simple so the meaning can hit you in a deeper way, but "Sleep" just sounds like something she conjured up in three minutes and included it in her book. It sounds like something she would have found in her old journal when she was real young. I'm not a fan of talking shit, but you're telling me a 28-year-old wrote this? Preposterous.

[@clarinetstar14]

Its gabby, she thinks shes gods gift to earth.

[@ry4786]

It seems like filler, doesn’t it? Like she didn’t have enough poems to fill all the pages she purchased through her publishing company so she came up with it through Notes on iPhone and sent that in.

[@whizzersterriblehorribleno773]

I remember reading some of these in-store and thinking that’s actually what she did, take a bunch of childhood poetry and put it in between her adult-written poetry. It was a little defeating to realize she wrote them _all_ at twenty eight lol

[@jayjay62566]

Whizzer's terrible horrible no good very bad day it’s actually a cute idea if the intention was to have child poems mixed with regular to show some sort of journey, but nope she just can’t write

[@PGOuma]

@@ry4786 she was running low on time when making this book so maybe that one really was filler

[@kitty19181]

Her casually looking really elegant with a cute affectionate dog chilling and a glass of hot pink wine(?) is the most goals thing ever

[@BabvBlues]

That little red cat poem you read WAS BEAUTIFUL.

[@liaf3iry]

I can’t believe people actually bought and enjoyed this pure shit. Thanks so much for including the incredible poems, I found some new ones I liked :)

[@kybug4life879]

Gabbie Hannah is like if s(he) be(lie)ve(d) was a person

[@purplecobra52]

Sbeve

[@outrotears2788]

sleep sounds like something i wrote 5 minutes before we had to turn in our high school poetry assignment lol

[@GwenAnatolia]

I’m here just to support after gabble sent her followers to harass and threaten rachel

[@Valdagast]

"Not the worst poem in the collection" raves Rachel Oates.

[@lovecatxx]

"The audience applauded" "Not as long as some musicals."

[@aprilwilliams8073]

That is a priceless review!

[@TheLaLiE123]

Why can't I like this twice

[@starlight8554]

Lovecatx a+ reference

[@merrewyn]

This is all Gabbi ripping off Shell Silverstein. This should be called “Gabbi Hanna, where the KZbin ends”

[@ryancarmicle3402]

merrewyn The layout and the drawings scream Rupi Kaur to me as well. It isn’t surprising that Gabbi would plagiarize, she’s done it many times before

[@tania2299]

Shell silverstein, i love herrr.r

[@tessalynee]

Yes that’s exactly what I was gonna say! I think I’ve heard her talk about loving his work as well so I really think that’s what she was going for and oh boy did she fail

[@layluh7467]

If I’m being honest I’m using it as a colouring book.

[@naya415]

Lmao fr?

[@layluh7467]

naya ye lol

[@anapaulapaco5514]

I got this book as a gift from a friend (she didn't know about this book, she look at a book shop and thought it was a good poetry book, not a wannabe poet youtuber book). And i was thinking to just throw it out, but honestly that sounds like a good idea. And also, get some of her poems and edit with your own words, it's fun too

[@layluh7467]

Ana Paula Paco that’s exactly what I’m doing, colouring it in and changing some words or adding my own poems, it’s better than throwing it totally away.

[@corpsedisposal5535]

I CANT- 😭😭

[@jenifergarcia327]

rewatching this and realizing that gabbie couldve had so much fun with the recess poem like "jacob and emily sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G first came love then came marriage then came a wine bottle aged in Paris jacob and emily in two separate beds K-I-S-S-I-N-G first came love then came divorce then came visits to the therapist" Or you know, anything else other-than putting line breaks in a run-on sentence

[@eggystax4681]

“Witty and edgy poetry “ So Edgar Allan Poe? Probably not.

[@c0rpsepuppy]

Edgar had thousands of layers underneath his poems, Gabbie does not

[@christinabutterfield1801]

Gabbie Hannah's poetry is as good as her personality

[@Ruzovy_]

Your insults are as good as your profile picture... Yes

[@aubreetanner9543]

So I actually watched Gabbie's KZbin channel a little bit while she was putting out this book, and in one video, she said that she had to fill up a certain amount of pages so a lot of her poems were just filler, so you're right about that.

[@Fe-go2jw]

Why...

[@aubreetanner9543]

@@Fe-go2jw Why what? I'm confused

[@Fe-go2jw]

@@aubreetanner9543 Haha sorry. I meant why would they ask her to do that, and why would she? Sounds like they are just asking for a bad product and a bad reputation for both this book and any future books.

[@aubreetanner9543]

@@Fe-go2jw Okay I thought you were asking why I was watching her videos and I was like "...That's a fair question." No, honestly, I agree, but that's how most books are, I'm pretty sure, but I feel like with poetry, you need to allow time for inspiration to come to you. It's not the same as writing a story.

[@Fe-go2jw]

@@aubreetanner9543 HAH! Yeah I question why I watch a lot of the videos I watch too tbh. I agree, I think poetry is not something you can "produce". It's art. It can take a lot of work, obviously, but it needs to touch something. I don't understand why people put their name on something that is rushed and lazy. It honestly sounds to me like something a moody teen would write for their homework that they didn't really want to do, just to be done with it. And they know the grade won't be good, but luckily, only the teacher will read it. Except it's a published book. Also, I think it's sad if most books are made that way, adding filler that doesn't need to be there, reducing the quality for quantity. I'm not a fan of that. :/

[@masodemic4509]

When you mentioned "Cut" I thought you were going to compare it with Sylvia Plath's "Cut." Though share the same name, they are definitely not on the same league

[@akanime_chan4306]

"I like sleep. Sleep is neat" Edgar Allan Poe is shaking y'all

[@cinderfox5217]

Akanime_ Chan Dude yes, Edgar is bad ass, I actually named my Mimikyu Poe after him

[@akanime_chan4306]

@@cinderfox5217 Omg really? That's so cool, Edgar is awesome =D

[@cinderfox5217]

Akanime_ Chan fellow anime/video game loving poetry fans! I’ve never met another!

[@akanime_chan4306]

@@cinderfox5217 Ikr, usually they don't mix, but it's really cool meeting someone who likes the same things :)

[@cinderfox5217]

Akanime_ Chan dude yeah, did you know that there’s a manga with a collection of Edgars stuff?

[@shifaikram1385]

I really thought this would be a trashy takedown of her writing. Instead it was technical and smart. Really cool to see something like that nowdays

[@mia1310]

I know! I was really enjoying it too. Also, ARMY?

[@melissa-zg3dg]

ming ming i like how yall have to bring in army into every single video 😳

[@kiss2928]

ming ming luv no offense but stfu about bts for 2 seconds please

[@niamhzanghi3953]

i was just about to say this! definitely surprised, but not at all mad

[@aaliyahfoster2705]

TBH, most writers who market toward young adults and above nowadays are so trashy. I read DC Trip by Benincasa, a New York Bestseller, and the writing is absolute garbage and zero passion put forward. It's worse than Erika's 50 Shades series.

[@oliviapanzica8833]

The first poem I feel like could be an illustrated children’s book, it sort of reads like one

[@hydras5947]

It isn't even good enough for that

[@jamestor6700]

it looks like it was made by a child

[@jedimoon22]

@@jamestor6700 I feel like that's an insult to children

[@britann9539]

Said the same thing!

[@aprilwilliams8073]

She's got nothing on Dr. Seuss or Shel Silverstein

[@syntheticteapot]

I mean my expectation for the poetry was low... but I didn't expect it to be this basic. Side note: I would 100% listen to you read more poetry.

[@ANME1rocker]

Oh god I just heard the first poem and i..i..I..you need to have no expectations to enjoy it.( the poem not the reading of it)

[@TheTalonsPryde]

I agree.

[@nope6021]

I agree to both statements. Rachel has a really good reading voice especially for something like poems.

[@rakata1987]

Manage your expectations

[@tiddies1]

i like sleep. sleep is neat. -rupi kaur

[@merprincesspacifica]

show stopping fiesta this made me laugh

[@montanax7622]

- Dr Seuss ? 😭

[@bodgie6256]

Ugh i honestly hate rupi kaurs poetry with passion. I remember that weird phase when everybody on tumblr/insta was uploading poems from milk and honey💀dark times

[@lepotatoes]

I am disgusted

[@finnyboy6193]

bodgie I’ve always disliked her work, it was lazy and pointless.

[@jolierose6382]

my 3am depressive episode poetry is better than gabbie hanna’s

[@fmjjjjn7510]

jolie rose forbes 😭😭😂😂 istg i be so descriptive like Shakespeare who?

[@kumoki]

in my depressive episodes i write full novels. doesn't mean they make sense.

[@benn0918]

im the 421th like, eek

[@benn0918]

@@kumoki ⠀y⠀o⠀u⠀⠀a⠀r⠀e⠀⠀t⠀h⠀e⠀⠀p⠀e⠀a⠀k⠀⠀o⠀f⠀⠀c⠀o⠀m⠀e⠀d⠀y⠀⠀m⠀y⠀⠀g⠀o⠀o⠀d⠀⠀p⠀e⠀r⠀s⠀o⠀n

[@jolierose6382]

Benn0 LMFAOO

[@Jade-g6p]

Me: This seems mean and unnecessary. Her:I like sleep. Sleep is neat. Me: Oh. I see.

[@kokopuppy57342]

Jade Neal I thought the same thing. I was thinking “not everyone can start off writing the best stuff”. Then she read that line, and I thought ohh it’s the same quality as something I jotted down in my middle school journal.

[@jedimoon22]

I've read better poems written by actual elementary students. Granted they were at the higher than average end of the class in their writing skills, but still.

[@heathercameron1485]

@@kokopuppy57342 Me too. I was thinking that Rachel was going to make herself out to be a bit of a poetry snob, but no. It is genuinely bad. I also love that she contrasts it with some of her favourite poems, which really puts it into perspective.

[@ninaasf-ck]

100% felt the same way at first. There's nothing I enjoy about Gabbie, but I thought: "well maybe she's not Gabbie's audience". But no. No no no. She should have marketed this as an infant's board book. This is so bizarre.

[@blaireprince3709]

i felt that way, too. like, no one starts out good at anything, but not everyone is selling their first draft

[@reillysreads4539]

r u kidding me w “sleep”?? she thought that was okay to include in a god damn poetry book that’s NOT geared towards children?

[@catherinew2914]

Reilly's Reads she is a child

[@sophiatroanska1432]

Actually that was the point. To write child rhymes. She expressed that.

[@suyashawasthi2476]

Wait I wanna read that? How horrible it id? Is that it, the one in the thumbnail?

[@sophiatroanska1432]

Suyash Awasthi yes. Adultolescence. I bought it but wasn’t impressed. I didn’t realize it was supposed to be so simplistic and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I wiuld

[@reillysreads4539]

Sophia Troanska even a 5 year old would read “Sleep” and be like ???

[@READYTOGLARE]

I WANT ALL THE VIDEOS

[@RachelOates]

For you, DONE. ❤️

[@elise6250]

When your fave is supporting your other fave 😍😋

[@shriyapanda2965]

@@elise6250 IKR

[@Tiny_Toast]

This is the best!

[@faithbatt3343]

Ahh

[@emmymarlene5022]

Side note- your dog is an *angel*

[@khazanys]

I love how he reacts to Rachel's moods and seems so concerned and loving.... like "hey hey are you ok? Let me give you another snuggle!"

[@emmymarlene5022]

khazanys yes! ☺️

[@carriewhitee]

The way he judged her for saying she used to like gabbie made me laugh.

[@zosiak3818]

@@khazanys I totally agree, but I just want to point out that I think it's a girl.

[@sageisnotaplant99]

Her poem “Recess” sounds like a semi-political shitpost you’d see on tumblr

[@suoutubez19]

Sage V LMAOO i was thinking that too

[@katarzynamazurkiewicz6012]

I've just read your comment after commenting myself :d I agree, and the 'advice' ones also give me a very tumblr-ish vibe

[@supermeansadie6753]

She probably copied one and used a thesaurus to change a few words

[@Pkovalyova]

I just shit myself

[@spanglelime]

Christopher Das I don’t know why but this is making me laugh really hard 😂🤣

[@EchoRe]

Gabbie made it out to be like you trashed her and her entire presence but this is just like...a legitimate review? Lmao

[@Hecateofcrossroads]

I think it was because of the tittle she can see that and get defensive but if you are going to put out a poetry book you need to see a title that that and think wow why I wonder why she thought that and yeah someone saying your poetry is bad can hurt but come on it’s not bullying it can come of as rude but to say it is bullying is putting down victims of bullying

[@ampleoloruntogbe1434]

@@Hecateofcrossroads she’s just egotistical. Imagine all the flak the writers of Game of Thrones got for the last 2seasons, wouldn’t we be laughing at D&D if they came out and started playing the victim like Hanna?

[@arronmalt]

@@ampleoloruntogbe1434 Wasn't about the video it was about the tweets.

[@ampleoloruntogbe1434]

@@arronmalt who cares? She can ignore tweets, no?

[@kairos-049]

Gabbie loves to be the victim.

[@preng438]

i like sleep is worse than my 6th grade acrostic poem about communism

[@jennabernice]

Pren hey op where’s the acrostic

[@rosiegirl756]

I'm very interested in reading that ngl

[@ningninglovebot8417]

op please we would appreciate the poem

[@kaarlo9625]

Don't you mean... *our* poem, komrade?

[@Hydratiun]

Kharol Tain *shocked pikachu face

[@_spooky_mars_]

“ If I paid money for your book, then I can criticize it” that’s actually a good point tbh

[@momokat4082]

Absolutely! I remember I first came across this point of view when a KZbinr destroyed her James Charles make up palette, and everyone were criticizing her, until someone pointed out: well, she bought it, it's hers, she can do whatever she wants

[@charlisebar-shai2613]

It really is. Any art posted publically, especially art for sale, is open for criticism.

[@suicidalnematode4476]

Kat Momo I think it’s more of why buy something just to destroy it you know? Like that’s time effort and money and resources that went into it. By destroying something without even getting a use out of it you’re basically just wasting resources and that’s not very good for the environment.

[@jolierose6382]

Suicidal Nematode well i don’t really think she bought the book just to criticize it. she went in with no opinion, since she hasn’t read anything else from gabbie, and when she finished the book, she had an opinion and decided to share it. she shared it in such a polite and nice way too she was very supportive and showed ways to better the poetry

[@suicidalnematode4476]

jolie rose forbes I’m not talking about the book though I’m talking about someone destroying something for no good reason like the makeup palette. I never mentioned the book. She can criticize the book all she wants cause she paid for it but destroying something for clout is stupid IMO

[@itimnalabi3695]

Rachel Oates: I can critique it if it doesn't live up to my expectations Gabbie Hannah: You should manage your expectations

[@RachelOates]

Omg 😂😂😂

[@ashley6822]

Lmao

[@azureazlon3947]

Its not the reader’s job to manage their expectations though. The reader pay hard earned money just to this? Ok Gabbie...

[@aishat6838]

Oof, she actually said something like that in response to the criticism?? 😳

[@Alice-burrice]

aishat yeah, she got in a scandal for promoting a scam, and when people complained she said they should “manage their expectations”

[@DisemboweledDragon]

Oh my god the first poem sounds like a kids book

[@Jacky.c.v]

ironmanontheironthrone Which would be totally fine. In a kids book.

[@billyshakes1643]

Not even. Shel Silverstein wrote children's poetry and a lot of what he wrote was pretty deep when I look back.

[@DaveLH]

Yes -- Shel Silverstein wrote MUCH better poetry than this, as do Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and others. There are some excellent poets whose work is directed to children. In contrast, I can't helping thinking that the Hanna poem about sleep is of similar awfulness (as far as structure, rhyme, meter, etc., _not_ content) to some of the "verses" in Ken Ham's kids' books. (Which Rachel has done videos about too, of course.)

[@kissme8970]

@@Jacky.c.v no, even a kids book have a little bit of alternate meaning in its poetry lmao

[@mindydholder]

It doesn't sound like poetry written for kids, it sounds like it was written by a kid!

[@khloejohnson1495]

Gabbies poems be like: Trees have bark Dogs bark I am one with nature

[@t.t.3459]

Wouldn't that mean she has to care about anything other than herself, e.g. nature?

[@snrkybrd]

How did that old thing go? "I'm a bitch, well, bitches are female dogs, dogs bark, bark grows on trees, trees are in nature, nature is beautiful, therefore I am beautiful." That's how all of this reads

[@TotosTales]

Actually that is a lot more appealing than anything she wrote - it’s simple yet funny, even removed from the mocking of Gabbie, it can be interpreted as a mockery of a certain subsection of society. Essentially you’ve managed to create two layers in three sentences which is a lot more than Gabbie ever did

[@TotosTales]

Genuinely if you flip the first two lines you even get a proper rhythm. “Dogs Bark Trees have bark I am one with nature” Also as the person above pointed out it is reminiscent of a playground rhyme, which combined with its simplicity, if it is taken as a criticism of a subculture if society would imply that that subculture isn’t very smart and relies on 8th grade intellectualism. So layer one: a funny short poem of someone say in the park Layer two: a comment on egocentric subculture being simple, vapid and self important Layer three: One could argue that you are saying that to enjoy nature one must too regress to a simplistic childlike state, although I am not sure I could write a super convincing argument on that... I’m sorry, I just really enjoyed those three lines, they’re genuinely quite good imo. Yes I realize this is ridiculous

[@SilverMoon459]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭

[@bregieirofernandes]

Dude the sleep poem compared to Little Red-Cap was straight humiliating

[@Pink_pr1ncess]

2k likes and no comments

[@cooper31522]

absolutely nobody DELETE THIS

[@angrymatressstaple3501]

Half of my Heart is a banana Your username...

[@fartmancentral69]

Rain And Petals Eavesdrop omg 😍 ur pfp and name is PERFECT for this video. Amber Reid is our poetry queen 🥰

[@mercedeswalt6621]

And what’s sad is that I feel like the Sleep poem sounded like it had such potential to explain the relationship between mental illness and oversleeping, either due to depression or as a negative coping strategy.

[@saraaahhhismyname4979]

I rewrote gabbie's sleep poem if it actually we're about depression like you had suggested. It's still not perfect but perhaps a better/more meaningful alternative to just liking sleep: I like sleep. Sleep is neat. Sleep means everything to me. I like sleep. Sleep is sweet. Sweeter than what life could bring When I sleep, I can dream Of what I'm truly meant to be Instead I'm here, where I can't think Instead my mind is on the brink That's why I love my 12 hour blink And wish it were eternity.

[@juhik3777]

THATS REALLY GOOD

[@DSnapshot]

Way better than hers, congrats!

[@kaittee5288]

saraaahhh ismyname I enjoyed this so much ?? That actually made me feel like poetry is supposed to do lol

[@bunnisixx4430]

i actually really dig this

[@asiafrivera]

i wish i wrote this cause this is how i used to feel

[@cloudyapple2065]

Gabbie’s poems be like: I love cats My cat is nice my cat eats lots of little mice

[@emilygriffith6702]

This is better than her poems 😂

[@duxghost3985]

My cat pounces and prances, he sings and he dances A clever fella he is A sneaky snake-y crawly wolly little lion that roars like a human he is, yet he walks on all fours

[@duxghost3985]

I added to it,was that good? I'd personally think it was better than Gabbie's

[@cloudyapple2065]

Ollie Seago that’s amazing man :)

[@okkk9413]

Ollie Seago shit that’s actually good lol

[@sofiawilliams4089]

Girl really said “I like sleep, sleep is neat” and thought she did sumn LMAO

[@e.l98]

If you dig deep you realise there is more to the poem. The poem is actually about suicide and how she wants to be dead.

[@El1society]

Erinlianna 03 we know. It’s very obvious

[@OGKoudelka]

@@e.l98 amazing. Deep. Wow.

[@edwardcullen9519]

Erinlianna 03 she is not deep but she tries lmao

[@james__anna_burns4885]

i like sleep. sleep is neat. i like the colorful dreams dreams of what could never be i like the emptiness, the softness and who i am, the me of an untrue reality i like the role play, the pretending that all the bad things are gonna end and all the broken promises are mending of all the apologies they’re sending i like the chaos, the break away from our modern day of 9-5, the never ending grind the exhausting repetition of this life i like the nothingness, the void i love how i can hurt, but there’s no pain i love how there’s nothing to be gained from a lie i love how you try and try and try and never get anywhere i love how nothing matters how no one cares in the void no stares in the void no one even glances your way i like how your shoulder relax and your back cracks and you sigh, a deep long sigh a clear mind nothing to grasp for, no reason to try i like sleep i love the vast, peaceful, the empty, chaotic make believe. but mostly, i like how you never have to compete there’s no one in this world the world of dream this world of sleep there’s no one but me just me just me and my make believes what do you think? i made a poem starting with her first 2 lines

[@shilocriswell5038]

Perfect example of just because you can doesn’t mean you should

[@charliewegner]

It literally sounds like my 2nd grade poetry book. If I could find that, it’d be the same.

[@redrubytwilightxx8700]

She can't tho

[@EllieValentineWong]

Shut up

[@EllieValentineWong]

You can if you put EFFORT

[@Pluto_Is_A_Planet_]

Yes, and Gabbie clearly didn’t put in enough effort; It’s abundantly clear. Lmao. But hey, if you genuinely liked it & thought she did a good job, that’s cool & you’re entitled to your opinion. You can also still be a fan of someone even if they do something you don’t like or don’t think they did very well on.

[@maryamaln6679]

Gabbie: sleep is neat Actual poets: am I a joke to you

[@jessicasanchez2406]

maryam aln Fuck it I’m bored Sleep is neat I grip its neck Slam it’s head violently Batter and bruise The frail being Until my eyes are black My head is hammered Sleep is indeed neat For those who can have it Crying beckons me elsewhere The battle is won by me Shouting persists in my head By young and old Sleep is neat I just wish god would give it to me

[@RadRed-qq8kw]

Jessica Sanchez that’s really good 👏👏👏 you should try writing more :D

[@hsmacaraig]

Jessica Sanchez That’s great! I once wrote an acrostic about buckets in 5th grade. It’s just as great as sleep! Not actual sleeping. Gabbie’s poem.

[@jessicasanchez2406]

Hazel Macaraig OMIGOSH you should show me!! Or better yet publish and sell it for money

[@mellj7213]

Jessica Sanchez damn girl! Show off! Jk😂 seriously though that was great, if you haven’t already I think you should consider poetry as a career path

[@Cee944]

This makes me mad because actual poets need to face legitimate, constant rejection to get published.

[@ashtheintroverted7204]

Yup and Gabbie thought that her KZbin clout was enough and sadly enough, it was.

[@TheOwlQueen]

Publishers know that they can make money with a built in audience and so they dont tell these youtubers that their work is embarrassingly bad.

[@ashtheintroverted7204]

@@TheOwlQueen exactly what I was thinking. Publishers aren't going to publish something that isn't good, unless that person already has a fanbase, then they really don't care.

[@GRBtutorials]

And that’s another reason I don’t like editorials (apart from their greediness, which later they blame on piracy) and prefer self-publishing.

[@cassiegough8504]

Claire Kennedy SO TRUE

[@todayiglowup4286]

i feel like comparing gabbie to carol ann duffy is just insulting to carol ann duffy lol

[@izzyoranges8005]

It’s like comparing Cowdenbeath Football Team to Real Madrid

[@xtonibx5770]

It's like comparing To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus finch to Go Set A Watchman Atticus Finch lol

[@scarecrowdrive]

Its like comparing the Titanic and Riverdale

[@rowboat4946]

Pearlie Grace i think she was trying to show what poetry is supposed to be and what is good poetry

[@Gummogirl]

Glug Glug yeah I agree, I think she is trying to show how real poetry is supposed to be written.

[@msjuliezzz]

Would love to see her analyse rupi kaur's poetry lol

[@Chances126]

msjuliezzz Who Gabbie?

[@notheme3394]

Pleeeease. I agree ☝️ i hope she sees this

[@leviathanesque]

right? it's more surface level bullshit

[@gavrielmiles6829]

especially since she was awarded writer of the decade! very interested in her take & an analysis such as this.

[@Sara-rj5gi]

Gabbie made a video about defending her poetry and it really got me mad. She just told everyone who criticized it as “not looking deep enough into it.” No, people looked into it, Gabbie just didn’t leave anything for people to look into. She needs to learn that intention doesn’t matter, it’s what the reader gets from the poem. You shouldn’t have to defend it.

[@napatora]

art should speak for itself; what you're trying to say should be evident in the work. if she has to spell it out then she didn't do a good job conveying meaning in the poems

[@azureazlon3947]

Look I LOVE poetry and all forms of art. I love vague poems because it interests and makes the reader more eager to find out of the actual meaning of the poem. But Gabbie’s “poetry” is just SO basic and simple with childish rhymes and vocabulary that its just plain, basic, bad, and childish. I mean Shel Silverstein’s poems are really good, but its just not for Gabbie. If she has to explain these basic af “poems” then she’s just a lost cause I’m sorry she should stick to one thing at a time like her music poetry is just not for her.

[@tzerou411]

Rachel mentioned spending time with Gabbie's poem but not seeing anything

[@hexonyou]

exactly how deep is someone supposed to try to look into a puddle?

[@kittykittybangbang000]

Bro look into what? I’m looking into it. I’m looking into nothing

[@delaneysumlar]

when i clicked the video was expecting more of a “sleep is cheap... yeah well so is your poetry gabby” type video but i feel like i actually learned something... such an educated roast

[@mcsaism]

Delaney Sumlar right. I usually hate to read poetry but this breakdown is convincing me to pick up a good poetry book

[@sara-zx4wu]

me to! stumbled on these videos and am getting alot more from them then i first expected. i feel like im learning interesting things and not just watching youtedrama, lol glad this happened

[@leonardodaslinky3977]

*EDUCATED ROAST*

[@ffflustered9qr]

Rachel is the QUEEN of educated roasts

[@cherrytheeckel]

‘educated roast’ is the best way to describe this

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Oh dear. Poetry, written by someone who lies, gaslights and is an awful person in general, is shallow? _Who would have thought_

[@Nina-cd6uw]

There are many fairly awful personalities out there though who created the most beautiful poetry and prose though, the most screwed up writers generally seem to win. I'm actually genuinely surprised by the awfulness of her poetry.

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@Nina-cd6uw It probably has to do with the fact Gabbie doesn't have a creative bone in her body.

[@Nina-cd6uw]

@@elvingearmasterirma7241 But why publish it? 😂 This is suicide. 😂

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

@@Nina-cd6uw Because her ego surpasses her ability to think logically.

[@kyoyameganebereznoff]

Miss MountainDew Money from fans who refuse to see any bad in her.

[@tiediehud]

Her poems should have been a child’s book. It would have worked better.

[@a.patel1]

Human Being honestly this isn’t even an insult, like it would make sense cause of the title adultolesence, she could have made it like explaining adult problems and adult life to a kids in a very surface level way. That would be very interesting, to see her explain multi level complex problems into small and simple sentences.

[@zahrah8512]

Milk Exactly

[@quinch6352]

Just as long as it doesn’t turn the poor kids angsty

[@summerbelle1445]

She’d have to fix all those “red words” though lol

[@lavendarlingv]

YES sleep sounds like an amazing poem for little children; i just hate the fact that it's in a book made for teens to adults

[@morganmariex]

Gabbie now trying to say this video is harassment and bullying. Come on. This was a SUPER respectful video despite all of the valid criticisms.

[@Anne_Onymous]

Ugh... You sound SO neurotypical! 😂

[@mehnaz00]

agust d 😏

[@morganmariex]

@@mehnaz00 Yessss you know 😏😏

[@mehnaz00]

@@morganmariex we stan 💗

[@anthoula1208]

@@mehnaz00 *Me getting sudden flashbacks of Agust D MV's video* :😳 ⚰

[@hellshaven]

Rachel is not just the wine mom we want, she’s the wine mom we need.

[@juliespiezia7807]

Devin Istre the wine mom we DESERVE

[@hellshaven]

@@juliespiezia7807 She's too pure, we dont deserve her. haha

[@amberpreece1008]

Looks like cordial to me 😂

[@urmom1313.]

She’s the wine mom I want tf😂

[@lamb9770]

i wanna know what she's drinking, it looks so good lol

[@toastylava2242]

It makes me kind of mad that she’s supposedly this great advocate for mental health? She turned cutting, which I have struggled with, and turns it into a joke to sell? I think she doesn’t realise a poem like that will do more harm than good. I don’t know if I’m overly sensitive, but that poem made my struggles feel completely invalidated.

[@bumbabees]

you're not overly senstive. it's genuinely disrespectful. its like if she'd turned something like death into a cheap joke. doing anything of that caliber is incredibly insensitive and disgusting. you're not in the wrong for recognizing that.

[@Sirzacharia]

Definitely not over-sensitive. That poem is disgusting.

[@MissingmyBabbu]

Late to the party, but you're not overly sensitive. I struggled with self harm too, and that poem made it feel like a joke. Here's to hoping you're recovering here in 2023

[@sophie_drachen]

I thought it was disgusting for her to equate issues such as self-harm to nothing more than a cheap punchline about changing your hairstyle. People struggle with that for many different reasons and it comes in many different forms, some people use drinking alcohol as a way and means of that, and some use other methods. You weren't being overly sensitive, she's a terrible advocate for mental health. Her whole poems were basically her wishing she was dead, because if it wasn't self-harm she was trivialising, she would go one step up and trivialise other issues such as suicidal ideation.

[@kaia2723]

gabbie hanna is literally just a middle schooler forced to write poems for english class with too much access to a thesaurus

[@mackers6431]

Not enough access to a thesaurus

[@yas6820]

I bet she went to google to find a rhyming website

[@samsoftball77337]

...I think you just summed up her personality actually. you put into words what we have all been thinking lmao

[@literallyagodactually9763]

I’m actually a middle schooler and I write better poetry than her.

[@5ksubswithnovideos236]

no, shes writes just like a primary school student

[@RatoftheSupremeRodentTakeover]

Her poems are like: I hate my life I want to die Isn't that relatable, guys?

[@samuelpandi2208]

this was actually a better poem than any of Gabbie's poems showed in the video

[@nothisispatrick5123]

wait that's actually pretty good 😳

[@modelstatus3456]

Wait this is good

[@SunshineBrownEyes123]

Gabbie: *writes this down*

[@jackdaniels4987]

Video starts at roughly 5:00 YW! Lady yaps about nonsense forever

[@mariselasanchez4315]

"Mom can i meet Shakespeare" *We already have Shakespeare at home* William Shakespeare at home:

[@aiai_uiui]

Why do you have a slave called shakespeare?

[@mariselasanchez4315]

@@aiai_uiui LMAOOOOO

[@Ang_848]

I’m going to tell my kids this is Shakespeare

[@HoneyBee-yd7ik]

Shakespeare is dead?!

[@swasti.mp4]

not even Shakespeare at home this is Shakespeare in the garbage

[@sweeetcarolina2295]

I’ve never watched Gabbie or Rachel, but somehow I ended up watching Gabbies Instagram story and came here... Rachel IMO was nice with her critique . She spent money on this book, and is super into poetry and gave her opinion... she even said at the beginning that something she may dislike others may love and vise versa. The way Gabbie came at Rachel I thought this video was about to be SO MEAN. It’s actually not...

[@Thatblingbitch]

It took me a while to find this because I was searching for recent videos. So you are telling me she is freaking out over a video from a YEAR ago...

[@sweeetcarolina2295]

@@Thatblingbitch right! I’m confused as to why this is just now poppin off

[@RustyClumps]

There are many male creators who were so much meaner, but Gabbie hates women who don’t subjugate themselves to her.

[@SwedBaben]

Gabbie isn't going off about this review, she sent Rachel her second book Dandelion after Rachel had made this review. Many believe she sent the book so Rachel would be"nicer" in her review. It's after the second review about six months ago that Gabbie started the hate train because Rachel reviewed it honestly

[@SnailHatan]

@@RustyClumps No, she hates valid, accurate criticism, because she can’t argue with it. Dudes being mean and calling her stupid or ugly doesn’t hurt like being shown how shallow and frivolous her obnoxious personality is.

[@foreverhilaryy]

So basically her book was only a success because of her 10 year old fans.... not because of actually good poetry.... interesting.

[@cold.raviolis]

I used to be a fan of her (I'm an adult btw) so I bought the book when it came out. And I guess I'm not alone on that. You only realise how bad it is when you read it obviously, but at that point the sale already counts in regards to the best selling list so

[@foreverhilaryy]

Philine Wreck yeah I agree. I was going to buy it because I too was a huge fan, but any time I see top youtubers hit a milestone like that, I can’t help but think it’s because they have a fan base. Not actually anything special about them. Like Logan Paul’s podcast got nominated for an award.... and I’ve listened to it before and it’s nothing special.

[@mosschievous5862]

i remember watching her a lot when her book was in the makings and she really tried to milk her fans into pre-ordering the book.. i even bought it myself and i ended up being really disappointed because it was so bad.

[@tiredcat6653]

she subliminallt forced her subs to buy her shitass books

[@SmogValley]

@@mosschievous5862 damn that really sucks, I only heard of her through Dr. Mike's video and I thought she seemed cool. Now that I hear about this, I wonder if she's even careful of what she says.

[@_breseph6682]

Wow, I didn’t realize how bad her poetry was until now lol as someone who also struggles with self harm, the “cut” poem does feel very insensitive and demeaning in a way, but something that I find interesting is that Gabbie has talked about it being very hard for her to cut her hair, since she’s used it almost as a security blanket her whole life or as a thing to hide behind. So perhaps she’s trying to draw a parallel between the pain of cutting her hair and the trauma of self harm? Which i think is uhhh,,, sorta yikess

[@satanatural9089]

TheRenFiles Yo, as the one who cut myself in past AND cut hair, it’s not that painful? I do value my hair a lot, it’s very fluffy and curls more and more each day, but when I cut my braids, the only pain I felt is a pain from hair piercing my eyes. She’s just overdramatizes everything she sees.

[@Mariana_fm]

*major yikes

[@kennas4281]

TheRenFiles I never self harmed but I do understand the feeling of needing your hair to hide under or use to cope with anxiety or insecurities and I guess I can understand how that could be related to the feelings that fuel self harm (anxiety depression etc) but I think it's pretty insensitive to compare the two like that especially if you've never experienced self harming

[@birdiehouse143]

I hated that poem so much, even when I enjoyed Gabbie Hanna. I stopped reading the book only a day after getting it because it made me feel...gross. She makes it seem like she's talking about the struggle of self-harm...then switches it to her hair? Like Gabbie, I use my hair as a security blanket, but I wouldn't act like I'm hurting myself or taking my life because I'm cutting it...that's fucked up

[@yanibear9833]

that depends. i didnt watch the vid yet, but cutting ur hair can actually b traumatic for some people. ur sole experience is not representative for everyone else. idk if thats the case for gabby but ive seen ppl talk abt trauma related to their hair.

[@alexmsevans]

Another example of a beautiful short poem: By Langston Hughes- Suicide's Note The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.

[@solarqueen2555]

Goosebumpsss

[@coffins786]

so good

[@S3cr3t_Qw1rtz]

That's so good though

[@angel_of_rust]

The hardy face of the concrete below told me it was a portal to a better place

[@seisappho]

People gotta understand poetry doesn’t have to rhyme

[@Ray-hk1zm]

Right? It can be fantastic, obviously, but so often it just forces the author to phrase things a certain way that feels unnatural or doesn't get their point across and gAH-

[@seisappho]

Ayah13 yesss, and like there’s so much u wanna say but the mindset of wanting it to rhyme threws it out

[@Ray-hk1zm]

@@seisappho In,,, I wanna say eighth grade,,, we had to write sonnets, and I struggled with that so much because there were so many things I wanted to write about but I could never get what I wanted because I had to use iAMBIC PENTAMETER AND RHYME AND HHH-

[@isa-belva]

and just because it rhymes doesn't mean it's poetry

[@mayovelasco4782]

Yeah but most poetry is good ya get me i know theirs a lot of strange poems out there but like they are still amazing works

[@makella7590]

her poems be like: I am gabbie my friend is patty she is neat we eat meat

[@koola5247]

my mind automatically read "we eat spaghetti"

[@blob6295]

I read "my friend is pretty" and i literally saw it change into patty before my eyes jehruejjdjdiebd jesus

[@makella7590]

blob / mAgIcCc

[@dais8020]

makella when i read it my mind went straight to insatiable 💀😭

[@artep._.r869]

Oh w oW therEs sO much meAning tO thIs poeM leMme c ry for a mOmeNt

[@foximoxi8533]

I’m so glad you kept this up. It’s the principle. She can’t bully her way to a good review. She needs to take the criticism seriously and actually work hard on her poetry, instead of just lazily writing a bunch of “poems” then freaking out at anyone who has criticism.

[@randompersonyoudontknow1678]

"Poetry is subjective," she said with a British accent while holding a pretty glass of wine

[@lexnichole9187]

Random person you don't know my favorite part of the video

[@kenziemioh354]

Forgot the comma.

[@thatonesblue418]

Haha. Yea, that was funny

[@erinclancy5755]

That line was better than gabbies book

[@randompersonyoudontknow1678]

@@kenziemioh354 Sorry, I'm not used to the English way of using commas

[@haileyalice2763]

some of her poetry is kinda like... tweets? almost? idk

[@HiMyNameIzDiaXx]

Hailey Alice yes absolutely

[@gabrielasosa9146]

I agree

[@julietfessel4780]

Yeah it seems like random notes she made in her phone that she just decided to publish as a collection one day without any thought 😂

[@taylorrosemiller13]

Hailey Alice exactly

[@honeynutsock]

“i donated blood today finally feels good to be someone’s type” just because it’s two separate lines doesn’t make it poetry and it’s not even funny as a joke

[@theanti-veela-leprechaun]

I live in a house I have a pet mouse This poem is deep Cars go beep beep

[@ahshitherewegoagain7461]

I like this one, it made me chuckle. 10/10 better than gabbies

[@MissEdge102]

10/10 would beep beep again 😂

[@aaaaaa1955]

@@MissEdge102 hey that rhymes :D

[@homophobesblowcock3297]

If it rhymes, it's automatically good. I have a good one Existence is tiring Day after day I could use some inspiring To numb my pain I'm slowly dying But I'm still trying to Make myself feel okay