natashaleighton_'s review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I don’t usually read or enjoy poetry all that much, but Amanda Gorman’s collection was eloquent and emotional in a way that I wasn’t expecting.
Her words perfectly capture the spirit and emotions that pretty much everyone has felt at some point in the past few years and I can’t imagine anyone not finding at least one poem that will deeply resonate. Even if you don’t like (or enjoy) poetry, I still urge you to pick this up—you may be surprised how much you enjoy it.
And if your curious, some of my faves were:
At First
The Shallows
Lucent
Fury & Faith
The Truth In One Nation
What We Carry
(And of course) The Hill We Climb
Her words perfectly capture the spirit and emotions that pretty much everyone has felt at some point in the past few years and I can’t imagine anyone not finding at least one poem that will deeply resonate. Even if you don’t like (or enjoy) poetry, I still urge you to pick this up—you may be surprised how much you enjoy it.
And if your curious, some of my faves were:
At First
The Shallows
Lucent
Fury & Faith
The Truth In One Nation
What We Carry
(And of course) The Hill We Climb
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Slavery
Minor: Colonisation and Mass/school shootings
lahars_little_library's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
After listening to Amanda Gordon's collection of poems on audio, I am wishing I had a paper copy to mark all my favorite poems and quotes. As with all collections or anthologies you may not connect with every single poem. But I found that those I did (which was the vast majority) were so throught-provoking and had such exquisite use of language that I cannot help but give 5 stars. The Poem Survey followed by Gated should be required reading. It was so striking.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Death, Grief, and Police brutality
Minor: Mass/school shootings
thereadingnurse2021's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Racism, Slavery, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Police brutality
Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, and Medical trauma
There are many content warnings for this set of poems, but that is because it is a cry for change. How can we ever make the world a better place if we do not first confront the wrongs that have been put into it? Yes, this text hurts. Yes, it will make you angry. But that’s because it’s supposed to. It is meant to inspire action.liwolf's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Colonisation, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War
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