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staceface's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
This is weird. I’ve loved every poem I’ve read by this poet in the past, but couldn’t get into this collection. It’s divided into sections and I did enjoy the last section the most, but felt pretty meh about this rest.
laura_howard's review
4.0
I’d slip in and out of pages of poems, picking this book up here and there until I hit the back cover. Then I went back and read the poems I flagged with sticky notes to savor once more:
Courage
How to Paint a Donkey
Cat Plate
Something Forgotten
The Art of Disappearing
Burlington, Vermont
Communication Skills
Torn Map
Gate A-4
Montana Before Breakfast
Slim Thoughts
Courage
How to Paint a Donkey
Cat Plate
Something Forgotten
The Art of Disappearing
Burlington, Vermont
Communication Skills
Torn Map
Gate A-4
Montana Before Breakfast
Slim Thoughts
tri_lo_bite's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Read for the Read Harder 2022 prompt: Read an entire poetry collection. (It took me 9 months to realize that this was not asking me to read a poet’s entire collected works)
I’ve read many poetry collections this year, and multiple collections of Nye’s work. But this one, I listened to. I’ve never listened to poetry before, but it was wonderful. Read by the author herself, you could feel the emotion and intention behind each word.
I’ve read many poetry collections this year, and multiple collections of Nye’s work. But this one, I listened to. I’ve never listened to poetry before, but it was wonderful. Read by the author herself, you could feel the emotion and intention behind each word.
shantastic_reads's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
April was National Poetry Month as well as Arab American Heritage Month. It seemed like a good prompt for me to finally read the works of Naomi Shihab Nye. I discovered one of her poems, Shoulders, several years ago and it has never left my mind. Shoulders is one of the poems in this collection so I figured this would be a good place for me to start. Many of the poems are rooted in her experience as an American child of a Palestinian father, and her connection with her heritage. I was moved by the imagery and themes of home and homeland, searching for peace, belonging, working through hardship, remembering, and growing.
Highly recommend this beautiful, accessible, heartful collection.
Highly recommend this beautiful, accessible, heartful collection.
rainbowbookworm's review
5.0
I had received an ARC for this book and I forgot to review it when I read it. With the escalating violence in Palestine, I wanted to revisit the section of The Holy Land That Isn't but I ended up rereading the entire collection. It contains a lot of insightful poems and belongs in every classroom library.