Elliot, Langston Hughes and so many more, I’ve begun to see what constitutes to “good poetry” and unfortunately, Waheed’s poems in salt. From William Shakespeare to Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, T. When you’re an English student, not only are you constantly exposed to poetry written prior to the 21 st century, but you’re also exposed to ones hailed as the greatest of the greatest. My problem with this collection is how literal it is (clear examples would be ‘fresh’, ‘by the time we are seven’ and ‘circumstances’), though the ‘literal-ness’ does work at times (like in ‘i will break your hand, do not ever touch me | every time you touch my hair my ancestors place a curse on you’ and ‘dowry’). is not the way the poems have been written, though I do admit that the constant periods annoyed me for a few pages (writing style, I’ve contributed this to that since artists have their distinct styles-and my own Creative Writing lecturer goes on and on about finding one’s own unique writing style as well). However, I’m afraid that these footprints are made on sand, not drying cement. I’m enthralled by how Waheed bleeds life into her words the rawness of her poems leave footprints in my mind. is a collection of poems by Nayyirah Waheed-the fourth collection of poems I’ve read to the end but the first to approach topics as deep and as heavy as history, culture, the effects of colonization, slavery, and the African America experience.
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