A review by bookwormenthusiast
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I've never been a big fan of poetry. I've always found it difficult and had horrible teachers who would not encourage my interpretation or writing of it. However, "Call Us What We Carry" has been the first poetry book that has made me fall in love with poems. I went through so many emotions while reading these poems, but above all, this book made me reflect a lot about society and history and was one of the few books that made me cry. Perhaps it's because I'm the same age as the author or because I experienced much of the same things she did (as we all did), but I found myself relating a lot to the poems, in terms of how I've been feeling throughout the entirety of this pandemic and just through life in general. It was amazing to see my emotions reflected on these pages, to finally have the words that expressed my feelings. Another reason I liked these poems was that they were also able to teach me something. To incorporate writing from history into poetry was something I have seen little of, but it offered me a new perspective of these situations.  The way Amanda Gorman writes is not only thought-provoking but allows readers to express themselves through their experiences. 


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