A review by moonbites
What Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate Baer
5.0
This was just so good. I think I stopped and sighed like three different times while reading through as I just drank the words in. It was like savoring the taste of wine.
My favorites from this collection are:
"Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels"
"If my Daughter Wrote a Poem"
"For my Daughter on a Bad Day"
There was such great themes of motherhood, existence, feminism, body acceptance, grief and love. I cried by the end of this, soaking in the idea of my own mother and how life continues to move forward at an alarming speed. I think about what I will be like at her age and where she will be. And it had me thinking about life and what it means.
Just beautiful.
Here is a great line from a poem I didn't mention earlier,
"For now just remember how you felt the day you were born: desperate for magic, ready to love."
- For the Advice Cards at Bridal Showers
My favorites from this collection are:
"Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels"
"If my Daughter Wrote a Poem"
"For my Daughter on a Bad Day"
There was such great themes of motherhood, existence, feminism, body acceptance, grief and love. I cried by the end of this, soaking in the idea of my own mother and how life continues to move forward at an alarming speed. I think about what I will be like at her age and where she will be. And it had me thinking about life and what it means.
Just beautiful.
Here is a great line from a poem I didn't mention earlier,
"For now just remember how you felt the day you were born: desperate for magic, ready to love."
- For the Advice Cards at Bridal Showers