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A review by thekaitlinreads
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
2.0
1.5 stars rounded up
This was an incredibly rushed collection that lacked depth and nuance. The entire collection being about covid and previous viruses became incredibly repetitive, and somehow feels irrelevant now in 2023. Each poem being written in a collective "we" perspective feels hollow and impersonal, and certain poems contained a Seuss-esque rhyme scheme that seem immature for a Harvard graduated writer. Her poetry is not poorly written; it is innocuous and underwhelming.
This was an incredibly rushed collection that lacked depth and nuance. The entire collection being about covid and previous viruses became incredibly repetitive, and somehow feels irrelevant now in 2023. Each poem being written in a collective "we" perspective feels hollow and impersonal, and certain poems contained a Seuss-esque rhyme scheme that seem immature for a Harvard graduated writer. Her poetry is not poorly written; it is innocuous and underwhelming.