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A review by jessiebwriting
Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott
4.0
This is a collection of poems by Zetta Elliott and other poets that "celebrate the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls." These poems focus on not only recent events/injustices/struggles faced by the Black community but those that have occurred for hundreds of years.
These are powerful poems. The passion, the anger, the pain, even the joy - they are gripping. These poems share a history, both past and ongoing, from the perspective of those that have typically been ignored, written over by those that would rather pretend that these events never happened, that these feelings aren't valid. I know that these are poems that I will reread for years to come, sharing them with others. Please, read these.
These are powerful poems. The passion, the anger, the pain, even the joy - they are gripping. These poems share a history, both past and ongoing, from the perspective of those that have typically been ignored, written over by those that would rather pretend that these events never happened, that these feelings aren't valid. I know that these are poems that I will reread for years to come, sharing them with others. Please, read these.