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Shire’s poems are heartbreaking. That said, unfamiliarity with Somali culture and Islam will make them harder to decipher. I especially enjoyed Home and Bless the Moon. But there are lots of great poems here.
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I feel like I will need to go back and really take these apart. However, on the first read through, there is so much sorrow, pain and beauty in these poems. I had to pause a few times as the descriptions of what it's like being a woman hit me like a tonne of bricks.
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No one puts their children in a boat, unless the water is safer than the land.
A very deep and detailed dive into the life of a woman, a daughter, a refugee and her close ones.
The poems act more like a diary, a storyline. I found a quite accurate description of the hardships and the intricacies of a woman's life, specially WOC.
Spectacular in its own way.
(...) your cheeks soften, teeth sink back into gums.
I can make us loved, just say the word.
Give them stumps for hands if even once they touched us without consent
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absolutely amazing. one of the best poetry books i've ever read. very moving and makes me contemplate for a while.
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