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divyareads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
vampireph4ze's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
a wonderful collection of poetry that i think i should've sat with a bit longer — but that can only happen if i'm reading with groups of people i'm afraid. i did end up tearing up towards the end when i read about the background of some of the poems.
raluca_p's review against another edition
3.0
The Creation Story
I’m not afraid of love
or its consequence of light.
It’s not easy to say this
or anything when my entrails
dangle between paradise
and fear.
I am ashamed
I never had the words
to carry a friend from her death
to the stars
correctly.
Or the words to keep
my people safe
from drought
or gunshot.
The stars who were created by words
are circling over this house
formed of calcium, of blood
this house
in danger of being torn apart
by stones of fear.
If these words can do anything
if these songs can do anything
I say bless this house
with stars.
Transfix us with love.
I’m not afraid of love
or its consequence of light.
It’s not easy to say this
or anything when my entrails
dangle between paradise
and fear.
I am ashamed
I never had the words
to carry a friend from her death
to the stars
correctly.
Or the words to keep
my people safe
from drought
or gunshot.
The stars who were created by words
are circling over this house
formed of calcium, of blood
this house
in danger of being torn apart
by stones of fear.
If these words can do anything
if these songs can do anything
I say bless this house
with stars.
Transfix us with love.
lorenag5's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
the_reading_machine's review against another edition
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
tigerbalmreads's review against another edition
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5.0
angelcatherinechen's review against another edition
5.0
Gorgeous poetry portraying the nuances of being human in this beautiful, tragic, magical and dreadful world-- a book to read over and over again.
Some of my favourites are:
Fire
The Woman Hanging From The Thirteenth Floor Window
All of "Secrets From The Centre of the World"
The Real Revolution Is Love
Reconciliation, A Prayer
The Woman Who Fell From The Sky
A Postcolonial Tale
A Map To The Next World
Emergence
Songs From The House Of Death, Or How To Make It Through To The End Of A Relationship
Some of my favourites are:
Fire
The Woman Hanging From The Thirteenth Floor Window
All of "Secrets From The Centre of the World"
The Real Revolution Is Love
Reconciliation, A Prayer
The Woman Who Fell From The Sky
A Postcolonial Tale
A Map To The Next World
Emergence
Songs From The House Of Death, Or How To Make It Through To The End Of A Relationship