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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Admittedly, I don’t read a lot of poetry, but I picked this up to satisfy a spot on my summer book bingo card. I knew Amanda Gorman from her reading at Biden’s inauguration (which was probably my favorite poem in the whole book). She is undoubtedly a talented writer, but I only connected with maybe 1/3 of the poems in the book - though those I did connect with were very poignant.
This was a beautiful and bittersweet compilation of poems. There's no way my words could so it justice. As with most poetry, I found I wasn't quite smart enough for a lot of them, but this was enjoyable nonetheless.
I would have liked this more if I listened to her reading the poems.
Unfortunately, I didn’t research the book enough to know it was fully centered around 2020/COVID. Not my cup of tea.
Unfortunately, I didn’t research the book enough to know it was fully centered around 2020/COVID. Not my cup of tea.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Beautiful and intelligent composition.
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inspiring
reflective
Will continue to read over and over. I felt as if Gorman was able to put into words so many of my emotions about the last five years. I hope it becomes required reading at some point, her words are so powerful and her construction of poetry so thoughtful. Could not recommend enough!
Just not my type of poetry - the discussions of COVID weren't what I wanted to read currently