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A review by jessmaeshelley
Give Me a God I Can Relate to by Blythe Baird
5.0
I'm trying to gather my thoughts on how I can accurately describe this wonderful collection of poetry but all I can say is that it is beautiful!
I first came across Blythe Baird on Youtube. She read a poem on Button Poetry called 'When the fat girl gets skinny' and I immediately felt connected to her writing. She is one of the many amazing women who have inspired me throughout this year with my own poetry and introduced me to (my now favourite form to write in) slam poetry.
Her writing explores brutal honesty to do with roles of women in society, feminism, mental health, sex and just life in general. You can see the development of her writing throughout the course of the poetry book (as it is separated into three parts) and what you see is something exceptional; the journey of a woman who has felt like nothing and grown into her own comfortable skin with a very intelligent mindset.
The end of the poetry book left me with a sense of wonder, not satisfaction. And rightly so! As life doesn't always wrap up nicely with a bow and live happily ever after. It leaves you with the idea that she has come so far, but has a long way to go. Recovery is never easy!
Blythe Baird encompasses so many emotions within simple and honest words and has become one of my all time favourite poets alongside Sarah Kay, Sierra DeMulder, and Sylvia Plath.
52 books around the year challenge: 45) A book related to a hobby or passion
I first came across Blythe Baird on Youtube. She read a poem on Button Poetry called 'When the fat girl gets skinny' and I immediately felt connected to her writing. She is one of the many amazing women who have inspired me throughout this year with my own poetry and introduced me to (my now favourite form to write in) slam poetry.
Her writing explores brutal honesty to do with roles of women in society, feminism, mental health, sex and just life in general. You can see the development of her writing throughout the course of the poetry book (as it is separated into three parts) and what you see is something exceptional; the journey of a woman who has felt like nothing and grown into her own comfortable skin with a very intelligent mindset.
The end of the poetry book left me with a sense of wonder, not satisfaction. And rightly so! As life doesn't always wrap up nicely with a bow and live happily ever after. It leaves you with the idea that she has come so far, but has a long way to go. Recovery is never easy!
Blythe Baird encompasses so many emotions within simple and honest words and has become one of my all time favourite poets alongside Sarah Kay, Sierra DeMulder, and Sylvia Plath.
52 books around the year challenge: 45) A book related to a hobby or passion