so so powerful but also sad to see the parallels between aggressions in the past and the ongoing genocide today, especially with the poem The Wounds.

the ones that stood out to me the most are probably:

“Their ears hurt when they hear sirens, but we are made deaf by explosions.

Their muscles stiffen with fear on their way to the shelters,
while ours are pierced by boiling shrapnel.” - Us and Them

“Threads of sun
hang in the air.
Butterflies flit across them
like the fingers
of a young guitarist
plucking the strings.” - A Boy and his Telescope

“‘I am not afraid of death. I am ready but I am not waiting for it.’

He hates waiting.

He asks death if it could wait for some time until he finishes
writing his new poem.
He looks at himself in the mirror and puts
a fresh rose in his lapel for the coming long journey.” - To Mahmoud Darwish

I also loved the interview portion at the end, especially when he spoke about the way he approaches poetry and his experiences traveling to the US and essentially seeing Gaza through a new lens while there.

Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow. by Noor Hindi

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challenging emotional fast-paced

4.5

“I want to apologize on behalf of all children / of refugees. We leave our shoes on the doors of America / and come back to find them bleeding.” (from I Buried My Brother Last Winter)

so poignant and powerful!! each poem felt like it was its own little world, bursting with color.

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

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reflective medium-paced

5.0

this book was a solid 3.5/4.0 until the last half cause damnnnnn

Tales of Light and Life by Cavan Scott, Zoraida Córdova, George Mann, Daniel José Older, Charles Soule, Lydia Kang, Claudia Gray, Tessa Gratton, Justina Ireland

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adventurous inspiring fast-paced