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krethanthemum's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
5.0
is this the best poetry anthology…ever?
I really cannot recommend this enough, there’s something here for everyone.
I really cannot recommend this enough, there’s something here for everyone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: War, Death, Suicide, Child death, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Abortion, Transphobia, Islamophobia, Colonisation, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer
chloemakesbooks's review
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
More of a book that you dip in and out of than actually read. Good conceit, but as with all anthologies some things resonate and some don't. I found the preambles more engaging than the poetry most times.
michaeldonald's review against another edition
4.0
I feel as though I have lived the experiences of so many different people as a result of this book. I was brought to tears many times.
cindypepper's review against another edition
3.0
A nicely curated anthology of poems that made for a pleasant read in the park. However, I wish there had been more range and variety in the backgrounds of women who had selected the poems; it seemed most of them were strictly rooted in the entertainment industry and the vast majority of poems and voices were Eurocentric.
nicollej's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this book. I love poetry collections and I'm a very emotional reader but this particular collection missed the mark for me. All the repetitions of poets bothered me tremendously. I don't need six Seamus Haney or Elizabeth Bishop poems. Some of the intros by the selectors were interesting but more often than not they felt self-important and unnecessary. I should have started counting the number if times I saw certain writer's names repeated either from contribution or inclusion from another contributor. Granted this book did not claim to be an intro to lesser known poets but it had the capability to be so much more than the cliche it was. It gets two instead of one because a few sections were moving but overall fit his hadn't been a free galley that I felt compelled to finish to review, I would have put it down.
I received this from net galley for an honest review.
I received this from net galley for an honest review.
moony_reads's review against another edition
3.0
i have learnt that men only cry about the war, dead children and "their country"
no but for real i read this to annotate it for my grandad for christmas and i know that he will love it but Most of these poems are not for me and that's okay
however reading Benjamin Zephaniah's chosen poem after his death really cut me deep
no but for real i read this to annotate it for my grandad for christmas and i know that he will love it but Most of these poems are not for me and that's okay
however reading Benjamin Zephaniah's chosen poem after his death really cut me deep
jonnyfox's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this collection and the stories as to why they're so special to people added real context.