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Zegen de dochter

Warsan Shire

4.19 AVERAGE

emotional reflective fast-paced

Deeply moving.

"An animal standing on hind legs pretending to understand why it must die."

this was so good but so heartbreaking
emotional reflective fast-paced
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emotional fast-paced
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dark emotional reflective

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Please seek out diverse perspectives.
This is an intense collection of trauma, trauma of being a woman and growing into womanhood, immigration and the struggle to survive emotionally, spiritually and physically.
emotional inspiring mysterious sad

insanely beautiful poems, especially when read by the author herself. I loved the 'Are You There God?' section the most.