A review by labyrinth_witch
I Gave Birth to My Heart: A Collection of Poems about Motherhood, Reimagined by Ashley Hanna Morgan

5.0

I stumbled across this little book of poems while searching my local library for books on motherhood. Pregnant with my second child, I became absorbed in the poems. The book is written for new parents struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety, but I found myself resonating with each poem even at this stage of parenthood- parenting a three-year-old and expecting a second child. I found comfort in many of the lines and relieved to feel the universal experience communicated in the verses. I think I will include this book in every gift-basket for expecting parents (regardless of the which number child they are expecting). There is just something that poetry can convey that prose cannot.