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A review by nadia
where the memory was by Hibaq Osman
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Ever since my school English-studying and creative writing days, I've been saying that I wanted to read more poetry and I'm glad that my Jacaranda Books #Twentyin2020in2021 challenge is forcing me to do just that.
Taking a tip from @ab_reads, I read this whole collection out loud, and I loved the experience. As is normal with poetry, some of the poems I didn't fully grasp, but I think that's the beauty of poetry — you might not connect with or "get" all of them, or take away anything in particular, but the experience of reading them and reflecting on what the poet was thinking about, or trying to get across, is valuable in and of itself.
What I particularly appreciated about this collection was how I could independently tie each poem back to some real-life topic or circumstance: ageing, illness, mental health, love and longing, family, identity, and more. It's poems like this where there's more room for a wider audience to connect with the deeper messages.
I'm looking forward to my next poetry collection!
Taking a tip from @ab_reads, I read this whole collection out loud, and I loved the experience. As is normal with poetry, some of the poems I didn't fully grasp, but I think that's the beauty of poetry — you might not connect with or "get" all of them, or take away anything in particular, but the experience of reading them and reflecting on what the poet was thinking about, or trying to get across, is valuable in and of itself.
What I particularly appreciated about this collection was how I could independently tie each poem back to some real-life topic or circumstance: ageing, illness, mental health, love and longing, family, identity, and more. It's poems like this where there's more room for a wider audience to connect with the deeper messages.
I'm looking forward to my next poetry collection!