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January 27, 2023

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

Lighting does indeed strike twice and so does Ava Limón’s poetry. This past summer I was very much taken by Limón’s latest collection, The Hurting Kind, so much so that I was keen to make my way through her backlist. In Bright Dead Things Limón showcases not only her skill for language, but her ability…
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1st pov, Ada Limón, Adult, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, atmospheric, beauty, belonging, Bright Dead Things, Contemporary, DEATH, environmental, female authors, female poet, GRIEF, Kentucky, language, latin american diaspora, latinx author, lgbtq+, Longing, lyrical prose, melancholy, MEMORY, nature, NEW YORK, Nonfiction, nostalgic reads, POETRY, published in 2015
January 26, 2023

Magnolia, 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles

“I am full of nouns and verbs; I don’t know how to live any other way.” Equal parts winsome and wistful Magnolia, 木蘭 makes for a dreamy yet insightful collection of poems that read like a meditation on the interplay between language, memory, and heritage. In some of these poems, Nina Mingya Powles examines how…
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4 STARS, asian diaspora, belonging, China, Contemporary, dreamlike quality, female authors, female poet, identity, language, lyrical prose, Magnolia, Magnolia 木蘭, melancholy, MEMORY, new zealand, New Zealand author, Nina Mingya Powles, Nonfiction, POETRY, published in 2020, read in 2022, snapshots
January 25, 2023

The Hurting Kind: Poems by Ada Limón

“How funny that I called it love and the whole time it was pain.” The Hurting Kind is a dazzling collection. Ada Limón’s poems are luminous, and I was struck more than once by her ability to espouse a graceful language with such vivid imagery. Limón has proved that I am not only able to…
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4 STARS, Ada Limón, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, atmospheric, beauty, belonging, environmental, female authors, female poet, GRIEF, language, latin american diaspora, latinx author, Longing, lyrical prose, melancholy, MEMORY, nature, Nonfiction, nostalgic reads, POETRY, published in 2022, read in 2022, summer reads, The Hurting Kind, uplifting reads
January 20, 2022

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

“A woman stretched her body for me, and I have no words to describe her in wholeness, but without shame, I want you to know her. My mother.” I have said (or ‘written’) it before but I don’t feel particularly qualified to review poetry collections. This is why I am planning on reading more poetry…
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3.5 STARS, Adult, America, American, belonging, Black & Black heritage authors, Black Girl Call Home, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, Christianity, Contemporary, female authors, female poet, girlhood, GRIEF, identity, Jasmine Mans, LESBIAN, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, lyrical prose, MEMOIR, mothers & daughters, My reviews, Nonfiction, POETRY, published in 2021, queer, RACE, read in 2022, reading, Religion, SEXUALITY, social issues, social media
January 9, 2018

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

Goblin Market features female characters who are subjects to desire. It has been said that in this poem, Rossetti attempts to capture the complexity of human sexuality and desire through a sensual language. I, however, do not share this opinion.From the very first lines it was quite clear that Rossetti responded to the aesthetic movement.…
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1850s, 19TH CENTURY, 3 STARS, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, CLASSICS, england, FAIRY TALES, female poet, GOBLIN MARKET, POETRY, read in 2018, SISTERS, VICTORIAN, VICTORIAN POETRY, VICTORIAN POETS

Tag: female poet

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

Magnolia, 木蘭 by Nina Mingya Powles

The Hurting Kind: Poems by Ada Limón

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti