A review by birdykinsreads
Heavy is the Head by Sumaya Enyegue

emotional fast-paced

5.0

Wow. Just wow. What a powerful poetry collection. Heavy is the Head by Sumaya Enyegue is bursting with life, heartache, anger, grief. It has these deep nostalgic moments of sadness, poems that pulsate with life. That’s really it—this poetry feels so alive, like it wants to leap from the page and burrow into your heart. I feel like so much of this book is relatable, in its girlhood, love and loss. I saved so many of these poems, they hit me in so many different ways—always with a startling punch, a line that surprises, something heavy and undeniable. Gorgeous. I loved every second of this, could have read it in one sitting but tried to stretch it out and let it linger. I’ll be buying the physical copy to annotate and reread again and again. A really special read and probably will be the best book of poetry I read this year. 

Highly highly recommend