![]() ![]() This moving poetry book from psychotherapist and acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor ( Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement) is compelling for any reader, but a true gift for forty-something women.Įxamining her own mid-life ups and downs, Doctor brings depth to the quiet but heavy everyday moments that hold so much history and complex emotions. Tragic and devastating, while also full of themes of unity and resistance – Rifqa is the very definition of a book that truly remains with you. The poems weave together history and present, painting a brutal, yet authentic picture of the oppression and violence Palestinians face (and have faced). This collection is named after the author’s late grandmother, who was displaced, and forced to flee upon the formation of Israel. Sheikh Jarrah is a neighbourhood in Jerusalem, whose population of refugees continues to live on the brink of homelessness at the hands of the Israeli government, and settler organizations. Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry Rifqa illustrates the author’s own experience of disposession in Sheikh Jarrah. She writes about Black womanhood and faith, in what is less a poetry book, and more a sensory experience – full of music and fragrance, and stunning lyricism. Her poems cover themes of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience, sharing vivid and moving stories of refugees, immigrants, mothers and daughters. Her poetry is vulnerable, intimate, and full of heart, and Bless The Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is no exception. Shire’s poems helped me fall in love with poetry, and have inspired many young women of colour to find themselves in poetry – both through reading and writing it – including myself. Warsan Shire’ s latest (and first full-length) poetry collection is perhaps one of my most-anticipated books – ever? From strange to sublime, searing to sensual, poetry is a gift, and one I love to share with others.īless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head – Warsan Shire ![]() These poems cover topics of love, migration, loss, family, joy, and resistance. Poems can be epics, dozens of pages long, or a silly limerick, consisting of only a few lines.įrom poetry books I loved, to ones I can’t wait to read, this list of poetry books features BIPOC voices and LGBTQ2SIA+ voices, and books from independent publishers, and traditional publishers. They can be silly and lighthearted, or profound and moving. You can find a poem for almost any scenario, and what I love most is that poems don’t have to be any specific way. Since April is National Poetry Month, it feels like the perfect time to wax poetic (ha) about poetry, and prose, and some of my favourite (or most anticipated) poetry books. I’ve spoken at length about my love of poetry before, but I will take any opportunity to do it again.
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