A review by venusinlove
Blood Orange by Yaffa As

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

okay, i literally grabbed this one from my tbr on a whim and it did not disappoint. i usually don't get teary-eyed when reading poetry but this one below did it for me:

Southwest


i don't know
if you're okay
names and faces
from years ago
family displaced
southwest rather than
southeast
lost at sea
in an open air prison
i may never see
i'm not sure
who to ask about
you, siblings to a
grandfather lost
to pandemics and time
children barely
remembering him
let alone you

 
the poems were truly devastating and so personal. so much meaning put into them. more people should read it if not everyone.