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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This is a lovely, fierce and powerful collection of poems surrounding and relating to the pandemic, along with several other heartbreaking events of that time. Amanda Gorman’s brilliant use of our language is a surprise and a delight. She beautifully captures what so many of us felt during those times. And she leaves the reader to make their own meaning from her work as well, offering her words as a balm in very troubling times. After this book, the main thing I can say is I hope to read more of her work someday soon.
Very much the feeling of the past 5 years wrapped up in difficult verses
emotional
slow-paced
What to say about the extraordinary Amanda Gorman? "The Hill We Climb" is masterful, and the rest of this collection lived up to what we all heard from her on 1/20/21.
"Lost as we feel, there is no better Compass than compassion. We find ourselves not by being The most seen, but the most seeing." ❤️
"Lost as we feel, there is no better Compass than compassion. We find ourselves not by being The most seen, but the most seeing." ❤️
What an incredible collection. Gorman gets to the heart of the issues facing the nation and world during the pandemic and aftermath by treating them in a complex and profound way that only a poet of her caliber can accomplish. Her command of language and the ability to play on words with similar sounds and meanings are intriguing, as well as her motifs of whaling ships, the idea of carrying, and the desire for togetherness (among others). Her poems dredge up the difficult emotions felt during this time and remind us to keep and carry our humanity and love for one another, as it is truly a gift. Her words are powerful and will stay with you.
fast-paced
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
I wanted to love it more. The pacing lost me, but the language was still rich. Might hit harder another time.
I highly recommend listening & reading at the same time. I started reading the poems but felt like I was missing something, so I got the audiobook and listened while following along in the book.
Amanda Gorman's voice brings the poems to life. It is more than just a book of poems. It is a history lesson, a diary of the pandemic, and an emotional release that I didn't know I needed.
The power behind her words will stick with you long after you have moved on to another book.
Amanda Gorman's voice brings the poems to life. It is more than just a book of poems. It is a history lesson, a diary of the pandemic, and an emotional release that I didn't know I needed.
The power behind her words will stick with you long after you have moved on to another book.
I cannot say enough about this book of poetry. I read a few books of modern poetry each year and I find most of them deeply moving and this was no exception. Gorman takes the reader on a journey, a narrative of life as an individual among the collective in a particular time and place. She reflect a history that repeats itself and does so with creativity and a poetic cadence that draws you in wanting to read more and read it aloud to hear it on your tongue.
Though not overtly religious there are beautiful references that harken to language and story from the Hebrew Bible that delight and inspired me. I am so grateful to have read this book and to now have it one my shelves to read over and over and over again. Gorman's sculpting of language breaths life into a painful history and present with a hopeful future.
Though not overtly religious there are beautiful references that harken to language and story from the Hebrew Bible that delight and inspired me. I am so grateful to have read this book and to now have it one my shelves to read over and over and over again. Gorman's sculpting of language breaths life into a painful history and present with a hopeful future.