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allyexa's review against another edition
5.0
Read this slim collection of poignant poems for a bit of Marshallese history, a bit of culture, a bit of family, and food, and sickness from nuclear fallout, a bit of environmental activism.
I don’t know how to rate or sum up good poetry. But I will say that I sprinkled these poems over about a week, and they filled my head in quiet moments, sprang up at the darndest times. Once, I was telling a friend about one of the poems, and I had not memorized it, but even the general gist of it gave him a shiver.
And often the ends of poems would pack a surprise punch that had me choking back tears.
Read this now. It’s short but powerful.
1/20/23
I don’t know how to rate or sum up good poetry. But I will say that I sprinkled these poems over about a week, and they filled my head in quiet moments, sprang up at the darndest times. Once, I was telling a friend about one of the poems, and I had not memorized it, but even the general gist of it gave him a shiver.
And often the ends of poems would pack a surprise punch that had me choking back tears.
Read this now. It’s short but powerful.
1/20/23
kumquats87's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Colonisation
Moderate: War
jessisavoraciousreader's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5