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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
"Dear Uncle, is everything you love foreign or are you foreign to everything you love?"
Some lines in this collection will leave you breathless. WOW
Some lines in this collection will leave you breathless. WOW
inspiring
reflective
sad
As a devoted fan of Warsan Shire, I was hoping this collection would be comparable with her past publications. I'm delighted to say that this is by far her best work yet!
"Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head" is Shire's first full-length poetry collection and picks up where her previous publications left off. Each poem is heavy with the weight of generational trauma and Shire confronts motherhood, womanhood, and her refugee upbringing with a sharp clarity that will take your breath away. With the inclusion of "Home" (Shire's well-known poem with the famous line "no one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark"), this collection feels like a magnum opus, but it's just her debut.
"Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head" is Shire's first full-length poetry collection and picks up where her previous publications left off. Each poem is heavy with the weight of generational trauma and Shire confronts motherhood, womanhood, and her refugee upbringing with a sharp clarity that will take your breath away. With the inclusion of "Home" (Shire's well-known poem with the famous line "no one leaves home unless/home is the mouth of a shark"), this collection feels like a magnum opus, but it's just her debut.
Such beautiful poetry! My favourite being Home, highly recommend :)
Shire is such a beautiful poet. Best read aloud as everything is short, but overflowing.
dark
reflective
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Islamophobia
Moderate: Sexual content
"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men—they come with keys, and sometimes, the men—they come with hammers."
This book of poems made me cry at many points, something I think everyone should read
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced