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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
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Available March 1st 2022.
Poetry gathers our dead. Through testaments, obituaries and allegories, Warsan Shire invites to sit with our ghosts. Whether honoring the girlhood we lost or in honor of a lost daughter, each poem in this collection is a stirring call to action. To love, to protect and to recognize our daughters as more precious than gold. To bless them, again and again.
Available March 1st 2022.
Poetry gathers our dead. Through testaments, obituaries and allegories, Warsan Shire invites to sit with our ghosts. Whether honoring the girlhood we lost or in honor of a lost daughter, each poem in this collection is a stirring call to action. To love, to protect and to recognize our daughters as more precious than gold. To bless them, again and again.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
This poetry collection focuses on girlhood, womanhood, mothers and daughters, trauma, immigration and refugees, culture and identity. The words took my breath away, and I was gripped by every piece presented. Hands down one of the best poetry books that I have read.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
“Mama, I made it
out of your home
alive, raised by
the voices
in my head.”
out of your home
alive, raised by
the voices
in my head.”
I absolutely fell in love with Warshan Shire’s lyricism within this collection. “Hoyoo Isn’s Home”, “Backwards”, “Trichotillomania”, “Bless This House”, and “Grief Has Its Blue Hands in My Hair” were my favorite poems within this book. Shire speaks on womanhood, migration, and trauma with painfully beautiful words and I look forward to reading more of her work.
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Grief, War