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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Profound, lyrical, visceral, enlightening, and moving poetry. It sheds light of the predatory prison system and its long-lasting impacts on those it incarcerates and their families.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Blood
francestea's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
Despite being a newbie to poetry this collection was emotional and thought provoking. I was particularly moved by "When I think of Tamir Rice While Driving". The four redacted poems really are something special and I went back at the end to reread them. If you are also new to poetry I would recommend watching/listening to some of them read by Betts on YouTube.
Moderate: Alcoholism and Confinement
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence
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