Am I on a poetry journey this year? I’ve gone from reading basically none for my entire life to three poetry collections in just a few months—is that a lot? I have no clue.

I loved the topics in here so so much. Activism, resistance, being queer, being trans, and growing up in the Palestinian diaspora. I realized after I’d read this that—I already know (in a parasocial way) this author. Their reels and posts get shared around Bookstagram all the time. And that made this feel even more special.

I am learning something about my newly burgeoning poetry taste, though. I think I want my poetry to be thoroughgoingly emotional, symbolic, and allegorical. And some of these poems leaned the opposite way, more left-brain-vibes. But most of them still gutted me.