A review by athenaeloy
Breaking Poems by Suheir Hammad

4.0

At times, the broken aspect of these poems becomes overwhelming, as you can only look to the back so many times before you've forgotten the start of the poem. In some ways, this is a reflection of lived experience through trauma; while trying to piece together a memory, you find yourself recollecting aspects tangentially related in an effort to guard yourself from the actual reality of the past.