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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
4.0
"No one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore. No one would leave home until home is a voice in your ear saying—leave, run, now. I don't know what I've become."
4.5 ✨
Warsan Shire's poetry collection Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head was not easy to read but it should be considered essential reading. The included poems deal with the experiences of refugees and immigrants, especially women, as well as loss, trauma, racism, and xenophobia.
My favorite poems were:
- Home
- Bless Your Ugly Daughter
- Backwards
- Bless This House
"Your daughter's face is a small riot,
her hands are a civil war,
she has a refugee camp tucked
behind each ear, her body is a body littered
with ugly things
but God,
doesn't she wear
the world well."
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
4.5 ✨
Warsan Shire's poetry collection Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head was not easy to read but it should be considered essential reading. The included poems deal with the experiences of refugees and immigrants, especially women, as well as loss, trauma, racism, and xenophobia.
My favorite poems were:
- Home
- Bless Your Ugly Daughter
- Backwards
- Bless This House
"Your daughter's face is a small riot,
her hands are a civil war,
she has a refugee camp tucked
behind each ear, her body is a body littered
with ugly things
but God,
doesn't she wear
the world well."
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review.