This one is deep and I fell in love with so many of those words. It surely has power to heal and make you feel motivated, it also makes you believe thaThis one is deep and I fell in love with so many of those words. It surely has power to heal and make you feel motivated, it also makes you believe that you are not alone in the world of heartbreaks, that heartbreaks make you more strong and you are strong alone as well. ...more
I got introduced to Andrea thru the Spoken poetry posted on Youtube, and I instantly got hooked to her. Her poetry talks about all the norms that need I got introduced to Andrea thru the Spoken poetry posted on Youtube, and I instantly got hooked to her. Her poetry talks about all the norms that need to be broken in society. And this one was another eye opener on such topics.
I was amazed when it was available on netgalley, I couldn't stop myself from requesting it to read. And Yeaassh! I got it, I read as part of #leastreader_nb April prompt Poetry.
Short and touching. I read this as part of leastreader_nb Prompt for April : Poetry. And this one was heart touching, also it was my first Maya AngelouShort and touching. I read this as part of leastreader_nb Prompt for April : Poetry. And this one was heart touching, also it was my first Maya Angelou's work, definitely gonna read more from her now.
4.6/5★ This book is divided into two part’s first talks about all those amazing fictional work written around the Event. You can read translated work o4.6/5★ This book is divided into two part’s first talks about all those amazing fictional work written around the Event. You can read translated work of Saadat Hasan Manto, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Mulk Raj Anand and many more. Each story, giving us different details of what happened on that evening. I loved reading (snippet of) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh by Stanley Wolpert, which talks about the committee of inquiry that was set on General Dyer for the Massacre. Though the final verdict didn’t make this book, but I surely now want to read the original.
Second part consists of those amazing weapon words in form of Poetry. As the massacre took place in Amritsar, there are many translated poems from Punjabi and some from Urdu. Though I feel, some of them had left the essence of being a poem in translation but the core feeling still remains, the pain still remains.
3.7☆/5 As a person, who write poetry herself. I loved what Shelby and Renee did with this one. There were many emotions, in those 175 pages. There is l3.7☆/5 As a person, who write poetry herself. I loved what Shelby and Renee did with this one. There were many emotions, in those 175 pages. There is love, lost, peace, irrational conflicts of mind, talks about snow, and 'velvet people'. Though I don't think I completely understand what 'velvet people' were referred too, but I am reading 'The Color Purple by Alice Walker' So i connect them when I read velvet people. Some of the prose gave a sense of connectivity, and I totally adored the small illustrations that were mapped with some of the writings. The book also gives us amazing take on mental illness too There are so many highlights that I have made in to go back to when I need to relive this book. One of them is 'a man with a broken spine couldn't walk around pretending he is fine. so why should a man with a broken mind be expected to?'
There are 21 poems by multiple writers. And I being one of them, are so amazed how we all think so differently and all have a unique way of writing. But the theme of book is not lost in any of the poem.Poems having simple language, but the effects go in deep.
Stories
There are 9 stories in total written by multiple writers. Stories are written in a way, that show struggle of a woman in everyday life. Some gave chills, some showed the sacrifice, the fear, the little things that bring her happiness, all are spread across wonderfully in these 9 stories....more