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buttermellow's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Ableism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Death of parent and Medical content
gdulecki's review
5.0
Absolutely incredible read. I purchased this book after hearing Kay give a keynote address at a queer conference and being immediately hooked on the way they spoke their poems. It exceeded all my expectations. Highly recommend.
franteo's review
5.0
i really don't like reading poetry for a plethora of reasons, but i read this for a class and like. wow. i cried several times reading this for several different reasons.
my fav poems from this collection include: people say we've survived reagan, rhythm is a dancer again, you + me = anomoly, and when your aunty is lost she tries to find you.
my fav poems from this collection include: people say we've survived reagan, rhythm is a dancer again, you + me = anomoly, and when your aunty is lost she tries to find you.
skye03's review
4.0
Another read for university- one I couldn’t get into at first, but then felt like crying at in the end.
sarahglen's review
4.0
A collection, a refuge, a treasure, where "holy is just living living living or trying to."
More Kay Ulanday Barrett please.
Some faves:
— I cannot stop thinking about this line: "Treaties signed by taste buds"
"Have you ever tried to contain a wave
or date a water sign?
No matter what,
nothing nothing
can take away
its right to release."
"We know the choreography of loss. If there are no prayers possible,
understand moments before there were claps praising the dip of a harmony,
then nothing. This isn't a shining beacon of a new reality.
There is no epiphany. Lives have always been at stake, dance floors
have always been altar, a song isn't ever just a song."
"we want ransack. dislocated lamps, sprained countertops
on blister of our back and forth, we want to pound skin
into a luscious rhythm, the kind of sounds only
the psyche of summer can admit to."
"Over breakfast, I have this talk, I bite my toast, hope for
consistency, but gesture a crust she she shakes her head,
as I try to find something soft, something yolky, something
like pillow, something like velvet. I guess that's my issue,
I just want softness on my mouth."
"Let lonely make a lens so clear you become intergalactic.
Let residue be a blanket you shed every season.
Let your gaze be salve & sign of the cross.
Let you be words a stranger waits for.
Let love be a bunker you crawl into.
Let you guffaw, let you cackle.
Let you be last one left.
Let you be last one.
Let you be last.
Let you be.
Let you.
Let."
More Kay Ulanday Barrett please.
Some faves:
— I cannot stop thinking about this line: "Treaties signed by taste buds"
"Have you ever tried to contain a wave
or date a water sign?
No matter what,
nothing nothing
can take away
its right to release."
"We know the choreography of loss. If there are no prayers possible,
understand moments before there were claps praising the dip of a harmony,
then nothing. This isn't a shining beacon of a new reality.
There is no epiphany. Lives have always been at stake, dance floors
have always been altar, a song isn't ever just a song."
"we want ransack. dislocated lamps, sprained countertops
on blister of our back and forth, we want to pound skin
into a luscious rhythm, the kind of sounds only
the psyche of summer can admit to."
"Over breakfast, I have this talk, I bite my toast, hope for
consistency, but gesture a crust she she shakes her head,
as I try to find something soft, something yolky, something
like pillow, something like velvet. I guess that's my issue,
I just want softness on my mouth."
"Let lonely make a lens so clear you become intergalactic.
Let residue be a blanket you shed every season.
Let your gaze be salve & sign of the cross.
Let you be words a stranger waits for.
Let love be a bunker you crawl into.
Let you guffaw, let you cackle.
Let you be last one left.
Let you be last one.
Let you be last.
Let you be.
Let you.
Let."
jamae's review
4.75
Brilliant, thought-provoking poetry. Some pieces were so relatable as a fellow Filipinx. A must read!
rhiannas_reads's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
aibautista21's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0