The poems in this collection all bring forth some kind of emotion, each relatable in one way or the other for each person who reads them. Within these poems the reader is able to find one that speaks to them and find closure and comfort.
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Among the crises the narrator is dealing with is her father’s aphasia—words lost to his stroke—and the jumble of words that compose each poem resembles her father’s struggle with language.
Candice Iloh’s novel in verse, Every Body Looking, is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of identity, belonging, and self-discovery.
Angelou’s courageous, incredible poem celebrates the bravery within all of us, young and eldest alike.
Life comes with struggles, different experiences for everyone, but milk and honey relates to everyone, the traumatized, the ones in love, the heartbroken, and those who are learning to love themselves and heal from all they faced.