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A compelling meditation on race and feminism and identity.

Each poem is short, and still packs a punch. Some felt a little too short, but this is very of the stream of consciousness, each poem is a single thought. #TheSealeyChallenge 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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#poetrymatters #salt @TheSpineView

Raw, deep, emotional.
If you need love, healing, liberty, feminism, and sad truths in one poetry collection; look no further

-Nayyirah Waheed

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I‘m happy to have stumbled upon this book of poetry. I know that the author has recently redone this book and I unfortunately don‘t quite understand the concept and initial pages, but I still thought her poetry was excellent. There were still some poems that I didn‘t quite grasp, but I still enjoyed this collection. Focused towards people of color, salt. covers topics such as racism, self-love, heritage, and current events.

Revisiting a new friend that feels like an old favorite. Opened the book to a random page, this one. This book is so worthy of its space on my shelf.

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I wasn‘t sure about poetry being non-fiction but if the poems have biographical Elemis, then it can be. Waheed‘s poems in this debut collection are short and complex. The themes include the African diaspora, language, multiple use ties, racism, decolonization, and love. #NFNov #poetrynonfiction

Loved her book.
Highly recommend for a light read, if you‘re reading something along with it that is very deep.

Mail arrivals from this week: a gifted copy of the tagged book (from a friend not on Litsy), plus my first batch of #LitsyLove! 💖❤️✨🥰 Thanks to @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, @Lovesbooks87, and @Stacypatrice! I‘ll be writing back soon — just waiting on some fresh address labels to arrive. ☺️

Inspired by @merelybookish and @Cinfhen, my #top6reads of 2019 so far. One book of poetry, one fiction, and four self-help or nonfiction. Way less fiction and more nonfiction there than there would have been last year or the year before, but variety is the spice of life, and suchlike. ✨

#MidYearReport

Remember to be gentle with your sweet self! #selfcaresunday

Heartbreaking poems, I had to re-read many of them over and over.

I absolutely loved this. It became an immediate favorite.

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Yrsa: “Salt is a beautiful collection of poetry. I love writing that‘s rich in imagery and magic. Poetry is absolutely having a moment. I think it has to do with how shareable it is on social media. It‘s no longer for academics and intellectuals. Poetry belongs to us all. We all have a right to it.” #yrsadaleyward #nationalpoetrymonth

Waheed‘s words will stay with me forever. I have so many favourites.

By Nayyirah Waheed, Salt
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I didn‘t become a writer but, yes, reading books 📖 had been my escape from reality... when real life was just too much... it‘s nice to get away from real life sometimes (or most of the time 😂) and just immerse yourself in another world. 🦄 🧚🏼‍♀️🧞‍♂️🧜🏼‍♀️🧝🏼‍♂️🧙🏼‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧛🏼‍♀️ ~~~~
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This makes me think of all how well intentioned Americans sent supplies of clothing, rice, eggs, etc. to countries in Africa based off of commercials of other Americans pleading for help....We Are The World type of help. Though there have been changes to these forms of aide they caused more harm to local economies to good. I wonder if “she does not belong to you” refers to how the US feels responsible for other countries.#poetrychallenge2018

This poem makes me think of the Japanese tea ceremony. It‘s a beautiful way to describe the act of writing in and of itself as the focus in lieu of the final product. Writing is more often described as this brutal process, while this takes a more nurturing approach.

I‘m learning that Waheed‘s work is minimalist in the use of words to get to a point. I‘m curious though why she doesn‘t make use of capitalization. #poetrychallenge2018

This is my first poem for the #poetrychallenge2018 . What a great point this makes about why we travel. Do we travel for the sake of new experiences or for the sake of showing others where we have been? Or maybe we take pictures in an effort to hold on to those experiences? I love to take photos but don‘t mind not having the camera. There are other ways to hold onto those moments. Sketching, journaling, making new friends to name a few.

This right here. I reread her work so often. She stirs new thoughts and feelings every time I open this book.

I really liked this collection of poetry.
I heard her. I heard me, because she put in words somethings I didn't know how to express.

Loved it! If you liked Milk and Honey, you‘ll like this poetry collection as well.

Also, Nayyirah Waheed's excellent poetry collections are once again FREE on Kindle. They are well worth the read! #dealalert