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The Moon That Turns You Back
by Hala Alyan
emotional
"Forgetting something doesn't change it"
I have unlocked an adulting hack - finishing my weekly chores by listening and finishing a collection of poetry! I get what I need done and I get to take back some time for myself!
I really loved the first half of this poetry collection - about family, home, war, migration, displacement, land - they hit. Below are the ones that stand out and that I want to revisit.
The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion
After Iraq Sweidan
They Both Die on Mondays and April
Topography
Half-life in Exile
In Jerusalem
Brute
Strike Air
Interactive Fiction: Windows
Naturalised
Spoiler
The last quarter especially is about infertility and difficulty conceiving, I imagine for people that have similar experiences they would be impactful, for me personally, as someone not really interested in biologically having children, it's not a topic I connect with, so I preferred the earlier poems.
Overall, keen to read more of her!
"There is nothing more terrible than waiting for the terrible"
I have unlocked an adulting hack - finishing my weekly chores by listening and finishing a collection of poetry! I get what I need done and I get to take back some time for myself!
I really loved the first half of this poetry collection - about family, home, war, migration, displacement, land - they hit. Below are the ones that stand out and that I want to revisit.
The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion
After Iraq Sweidan
They Both Die on Mondays and April
Topography
Half-life in Exile
In Jerusalem
Brute
Strike Air
Interactive Fiction: Windows
Naturalised
Spoiler
The last quarter especially is about infertility and difficulty conceiving, I imagine for people that have similar experiences they would be impactful, for me personally, as someone not really interested in biologically having children, it's not a topic I connect with, so I preferred the earlier poems.
Overall, keen to read more of her!
"There is nothing more terrible than waiting for the terrible"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, War
Minor: Abortion