Review: ‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems’ by Warsan Shire

Review: ‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head: Poems’ by Warsan Shire

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…At each and every checkpoint the refugee is askedare you human?The refugee is sure it’s still human but worries that overnight,while it slept, there may have been a change in classification.(Excerpt from the poem ‘Assimilation’.)

Rating:

4.5/5 paper planes

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I also filmed a short bookstagram video writing out one of my favourite poems from this collection using my glass dip pen: