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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
A very short complication by Warsan Shire but packs a punch nonetheless! Shire has a way with words that I can’t explain, I don’t think my words can do justice at all. Her work revolves around themes such as leaving one’s home country, coming from a war torn place, what it means to be a woman in an oppressive society and such. I love everything she writes!!!
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Wow! How have I not heard of her sooner? Her poetry is beautiful and meaningful. Deep topics, but written so wonderfully. This is (obviously) my first time reading anything by Warsan, but I cannot wait to read more. If all her writing is this good, I really have something to look forward to. Definitely recommend to lovers of poetry.
I love that her poetry is a reflection of her life as a Muslim woman refugee turned immigrant. As a black woman myself, she reminds me that we are not a monolith. We do not fully share all experiences. My favorite poems being "Haram" & "First kiss".
sad
fast-paced
Conversation about home was my favourite poem
As other reviewers have stated, this is basically the same collection as Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, albeit reordered and with maybe 3 new poems.
3 stars since I enjoyed the poems the same as when I literally just read them in the other collection, though I partly want to rate lower out of annoyance that I essentially read TMMHtGB twice in a row, back-to-back, expecting two different collections.
3 stars since I enjoyed the poems the same as when I literally just read them in the other collection, though I partly want to rate lower out of annoyance that I essentially read TMMHtGB twice in a row, back-to-back, expecting two different collections.
Short book of poetry. I read another work by this poet and loved it, despite not being the target audience. With this text, I found a lot of crossover in terms of content matter, so much so that I suspect some of the poems may even be the same. Nonetheless I enjoyed the majority of the poems in the text, and my only criticism would be that there weren’t enough, as just as I felt like I was getting into it, it was over, and there were more poems that I hadn’t read before.