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What I Learned from the Trees
by L E Bowman
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
This is a beautiful collection on self-love, healing, and wonder. There are lots of truths here, and poems I like to think of as "self-help" or motivational poems. There are also poems that remind me of Mary Oliver in the sense that they focus on hope and give you greater appreciation for the world and everyone in it, including yourself.
I will say that some of the writing on things like racism gave me weird vibes, and were a little on the nose/out of nowhere? I'm not sure though, maybe that's just me. That was just one section though, the majority of the collection was not like that.
Several lines took my breath away, and I especially loved the poems about her complicated relationship with her father. If poems about self-love are things you need to hear right now, this collection would be great for you.
Thank you to Netgalley and Button Poetry for the chance to read and review this ARC.
I will say that some of the writing on things like racism gave me weird vibes, and were a little on the nose/out of nowhere? I'm not sure though, maybe that's just me. That was just one section though, the majority of the collection was not like that.
Several lines took my breath away, and I especially loved the poems about her complicated relationship with her father. If poems about self-love are things you need to hear right now, this collection would be great for you.
Thank you to Netgalley and Button Poetry for the chance to read and review this ARC.
Moderate: Ableism, Hate crime, Racism
Minor: Violence, Murder