A Poetry Book I Actually Enjoyed! 🖋️

Hello 🍋 friends,

Every time before I "review" a poetry book, I'd make a disclaimer that I'm not the biggest fan of poetry, what more modern poetry, I have a fair share of criticisms towards some poetry books alright.

Going into the first page of Home Body, I was already cackling and thinking oh boi, this is going to be a fun ride, because this book started off with a 1 line "poem". To me, 1-2 lines "poem" is nothing more than just facebook statuses and tweets. It's something that anyone can come up with at any point of their day or life. Home Body surely has a fair share of 1-2 lines poems, which could mean something to certain readers, but I think we could've saved more trees without those "poems", really.

However, this poetry collection is way more than just 1-2 lines poems, Kaur has surprised me by conveying meaningful messages and pertinent issues through 4 parts that are well put together in this collection: mind, heart, rest and awake. The arrangement of the poems and the themes are obviously given so much thought. Kaur discusses issues such as sexual assault, abusive relationship, immigrant lives, self worth, feminism, political issues and POC rights through the poems she wrote. She surely did a great job on delivering her thoughts on these issues by weaving her words fiercely and beautifully.

Overall, I'm glad that I gave Home Body a chance and read it with an open mind. This poetry collection surely did not disappoint as much as I thought it would.

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