– It Completes Me! It won’t complete everyone and there are many people indeed who do not and would not like this anthology, but if…
Tag: poetry
Call Us What We Carry
Call Us What We Carry – Amanda Gorman I am the first to admit that poetry is not my thing. For the most part I…
Book Review: The Hurting Kind by Ada Limon
– It Completes Me! Ada Limon is hands down one of my favorite modern poets. Her ability to capture a moment and emotion in the…
Book Review: Rilke’s Book of Hours
– It Completes Me! This was a reread for me and one that I took on a silent retreat along with only two other books,…
Eight Days with Three Books
I look forward to my silent retreat every single year. A time to disconnect from the world and all my various roles within it and…
Book Review: Watering the Soul
– It’s Okay I love poetry. If you have been following me even for a few weeks you probably already figured out I love poetry…
Honoring Poetry: The Language of the Soul
My love affair with poetry began young. So young in fact I don’t actually remember which teacher it was who first read Shel Silverstein’s iconic…
Poetry Recommendations: 2022 Book List
For Beginners… Accessible for all and speaks to universal experiences A stunningly vulnerable journey to care for your soul in the midst of pain and…
More Black Feminist Reads: Book List
I’m Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront…
Book Review: Black Girl, Call Home
– Worth It Readers have a lot of opinions on the resurgence of poetry in this modern age of social media and Instagram poets, but…