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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault
Moderate: War
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Stunning, brutal and mesmerising.
Must be tough being in a poetry collection with Warsan Shire.
Jokes beside, I did really enjoy almost every poem, and every poet was reaaally good. The collections binding theme was culture/family/sexuality and despite all 3 poets having a different style, it worked really well.
Jokes beside, I did really enjoy almost every poem, and every poet was reaaally good. The collections binding theme was culture/family/sexuality and despite all 3 poets having a different style, it worked really well.
A great intro into their poetry for me. Although I did like the poetry of Warsan Shire and Malika Booker more than Sharon Olds'. However, "New Mother" by Sharon Olds is brilliant.
Other favourites are listed below.
Malika Booker: Cement, Erasure, How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing, My Humble Beseech
Warsan Shire: The House, Backwards, Fire, Mermaids
Other favourites are listed below.
Malika Booker: Cement, Erasure, How Our Bodies Did This Unfamiliar Thing, My Humble Beseech
Warsan Shire: The House, Backwards, Fire, Mermaids
really enjoyed this and loved the variety between the three voices !! well worth a read and I love that the reason for 4* is that not all of it worked for me but that means so many diff people could get a lot from this :))
I really loved this collection. I was nervous when I read the title, "Your family, your body" because I don't tend to like sexuality related poems, but these I loved regardless of subject matter. I found Malika Booker and Warsaw Shire's poetry fascinating, and I'd love to read the rest of their stuff, but it was Sharon Olds who (really unexpectedly) had me picking up this book in the middle of the day for a few poems between tasks - something I rarely do. Best so far of the new Modern Poets series - I think all three poets in this one were at the level or higher of my favorite from each of the last two.
I desperately need to own everything by Warsan Shire now.