A review by natashaleighton_
Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I don’t usually read or enjoy poetry all that much, but Amanda Gorman’s collection was eloquent and emotional in a way that I wasn’t expecting.
Her words perfectly capture the spirit and emotions that pretty much everyone has felt at some point in the past few years and I can’t imagine anyone not finding at least one poem that will deeply resonate. Even if you don’t like (or enjoy) poetry, I still urge you to pick this up—you may be surprised how much you enjoy it.
And if your curious, some of my faves were:
At First
The Shallows
Lucent
Fury & Faith
The Truth In One Nation
What We Carry
(And of course) The Hill We Climb
Her words perfectly capture the spirit and emotions that pretty much everyone has felt at some point in the past few years and I can’t imagine anyone not finding at least one poem that will deeply resonate. Even if you don’t like (or enjoy) poetry, I still urge you to pick this up—you may be surprised how much you enjoy it.
And if your curious, some of my faves were:
At First
The Shallows
Lucent
Fury & Faith
The Truth In One Nation
What We Carry
(And of course) The Hill We Climb
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Slavery
Minor: Colonisation and Mass/school shootings