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Nectar by Upile Chisala
4.5
emotional reflective fast-paced

It’s Instagram-style poetry with short phrases and a lot of line breaks, so if you don’t like that style, you won’t like this collection. If you do though, you’ll appreciate Upile’s beautiful language, strong voice, and creative arrangements. She has a way of cutting deep into the things most people hide and forcing them to confront it. 

One of my favorite lines was: 
“I am sorry you watched your mother crawl out of her pride for a man who only half lover her.”