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And Still I Rise
And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou, Linda Sunshine, Diego Rivera | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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10.0 (3 Ratings)
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I really do love Maya Angelou. This audiobook was short and sweet. I loved listening to Maya Angelou reading the poems.
  
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The Hungry Year
The Hungry Year
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"I thumb through this collection of poems every time I need a little inspiration, whether in my writing or my cooking."

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the sun and her flowers
the sun and her flowers
Rupi Kaur | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.7 (14 Ratings)
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I know this will be controversial, but....
This is written in five parts, like the life cycle of a flower: wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. Some really disturbing, personal poetry is amongst these poems. It's a celebration in all it's forms: romantic, sexual and parental (I may have missed some). I originally wrote that the poems were 'so good', but I wonder in hindsight whether they actually are. In some ways, the poems are all very disjointed. You don't even really know where one ends and another starts (and vice versa). I'm not keen on how the titles of the poems are written at the bottom of the poems, and some are just left hanging in the middle of a page, like a motivational slogan. I read quite a bit of poetry, but this just isn't for me. I wouldn't go by my opinion though. I strongly advise you, if you're interested, to have a go and read Kaur's poetry yourselves.