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2treads's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Forgive us, we blamed you
for floods, for the flush of blood,
for men who are also wolves, even
though you could pull the tide in
by her hair, we tell everyone
we walked all over you.

            –excerpt from Bless the Moon
 
Bless The Daughter Raised By A Voice In Her Head was my National Poetry month read and it was so much more than I expected. 
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Shire has a talent for reaching towards her readers with words that are raw and that create riveting poems that have the power to move you or wreck you. Poems that invite you to parallel your own experiences, the beautiful and the traumatic.
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But there is also a movement towards healing and recognition in her poetry, an honesty that chills at times and an awareness of the weight of her family and identity. Centred throughout is girlhood, motherhood, and womanhood, propelling these poems through time and space as she chronicles loss, love, and divinity. 

I mean Shire at this point, for me, can do no wrong with her poetry. There are poems that will gather you, tear you, teach you, grieve you, and yet still holds space for healing. 

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dusktreader's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Beautiful and intricate. I listened to the audiobook at the same time as I read the book in print which really added to the experience—the author rewards beautifully. 

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readingwithk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

A super powerful collection about war, being a refugee, abuse, and family.

My favorite poems were: “Home”; “Backwards”; “Bless this house”

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ashlynnoel's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5


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