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ayah_reads's review
Once again never know how to rate poetry, but I saved multiple poems from this collection which is always a sign that it hit and was moving. The wood cutting artwork is also really cool and the skill it takes is incredibly impressive!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation
fionappletini's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
littlerah's review
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I carve my stories in wood. My ancestors sailed in wood. They will carry me out in wood.
Omar Musa has developed something really special with this collection. Sharing not only poetry, Killernova, includes wood prints that Musa has created, connections to culture that are detailed in the beginning of the book. Each print is detailed and poetic as well, sharing quips, lines or sometimes horrors faced such as racism and isolation.
Focusing on heritage and environmental and racist destruction as a result of capitalism and colonialism, this collection has some incredibly gripping poems. Musa has a voice that is loud and demands to be heard. You can feel his spoken-word strengths pouring through the pages.
coins sink upwards out of my pores and
stories are engraved with my blood
My favourite poems included:
Wereleopard
Ghost Forest
Ghost Baby
I Am A Homeland
Unaustralia
Flannel Flowers
Self Isolation Washing Machine Head
Orchid
Autumn Decides
Omar Musa has developed something really special with this collection. Sharing not only poetry, Killernova, includes wood prints that Musa has created, connections to culture that are detailed in the beginning of the book. Each print is detailed and poetic as well, sharing quips, lines or sometimes horrors faced such as racism and isolation.
Focusing on heritage and environmental and racist destruction as a result of capitalism and colonialism, this collection has some incredibly gripping poems. Musa has a voice that is loud and demands to be heard. You can feel his spoken-word strengths pouring through the pages.
coins sink upwards out of my pores and
stories are engraved with my blood
My favourite poems included:
Wereleopard
Ghost Forest
Ghost Baby
I Am A Homeland
Unaustralia
Flannel Flowers
Self Isolation Washing Machine Head
Orchid
Autumn Decides
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