A review by lj_perez
Wilderness Hair by Jessie Morrison

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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"Wilderness Hair" by Jessie Morrison is a book of poetry about “Love letters to myself.” Within the pages, it contains joy, sadness, hopelessness, and grief. These poems are of someone writing as if it were an escape, to express the pain they’re feeling about themselves or others. All while being from the outside looking in. 

 

I didn’t find myself feeling like I was on the outside. I personally write like this to let go of my thoughts. The use of inanimate objects and saying things out of the ordinary. It’s like a secret message that only you know how to decipher. 

 

“Talk to me about your secrets and your fears, and I’ll talk to you about my nightmarish daydreams and my different brains.” - Midnight Struck 

 

“The clock ticks against her chest, but the hands get stuck. She tastes of time and she smells of space.” - She Tastes 

 

One sentence could have a million meanings. You have to take everything in and see it from your perspective. It’s a lot of reading between the lines, a line that sometimes takes a bit of trauma to understand. 

 

My final thoughts for this somber yet beautiful poem are that expressing yourself in whatever way can be done in sadness or, for others, relief.  I felt like my heart was who could have written on these pages. It’s refreshing seeing how others voice their thoughts in a similar way that I do. 

 

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XxX- Laura