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Your Heart Is the Sea
Your Heart Is the Sea | Nikita Gill
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Gryffleclaw95
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5)

I read Nikita‘s “Your Soul is a River” years ago, and I picked up this collection after enjoying Nikita‘s words greatly. “Your Heart is the Sea” is a heart-wrenching book of poetry that focuses on overcoming our demons, trauma, abusers, and reminds us of our worth and healing. I‘m very glad to have this book in my collection and look forward to Nikita Gill‘s future works.

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UnRuLee
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Okay well pardon me while I read every other thing Nikita Gill has ever committed to paper. “I like people whose eyes tell stories and whose smiles have fought through wars.”

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GingerAntics
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This collection is very heavy. It‘s about abuse and rape, recovery and rebuilding. Maybe it‘s just not a collection to read in the middle of COVID 19, but it just felt like it was weighing itself down in places.

I have my issues with this collection. It seems, in a way, I fell out of love with Gill‘s poetry with this collection.
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GingerAntics I wasn‘t pleased with the vibe of “you‘re letting them do this to you, so just stop letting them.” I‘m not a fan of telling people who are suffering that they‘re doing it to themselves. #NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry 5y
GingerAntics **If you have a problem with the ridiculous term “herstory” then avoid this book.** 5y
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GingerAntics
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I think anything that tells women to not be quiet is a good thing. Maybe that‘s just me.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #AReminderAsWeReachTheEnd

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GingerAntics
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I‘ve been saying this for years. I agree with every bit of this. I wish more people would take this seriously.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #SurvivalOfTheKindest

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GingerAntics
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I quite like this as well. This is probably perfect for this moment in time.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #TheSurvival

TheBookHippie ❤️ 5y
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GingerAntics
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TheBookHippie I like it too. 5y
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GingerAntics
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The original poem that got me interested in her was about ancestors. I still haven‘t seen that poem in her own books, though.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #ancestralwisdom

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GingerAntics
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I find myself having a hard time with this book now. I just sort of want to be done with it. I‘m not finding as many poems that resonate with me now. I think I‘m going to have to take a Nikita Gill break after I‘m done with this book.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #WhoYouWereVsWhatYouAre

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GingerAntics
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I would add to this, teach your children etymology.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #RaiseYourDaughters

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This drives me 🤬 crazy!!! 🙄 It‘s annoying and clueless. This is very nearly a deal breaker (as in I‘m done with the book and the author) for me. I like her so much, it‘s making me just skip this poem, but if I see it again, I‘m out. HISTORY IS NOT A GENDERED TERM!!! Using “herstory” hurts female historians. STOP IT!!!
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #history #historyisnotagenderedterm #femalehistorians #factsmatter

quietlycuriouskate That's a pet peeve of mine, too. 😣 5y
GingerAntics @kathedron I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one on Litsy. I know several people IRL. In fact, I‘ve yet to find a female historian IRL who did anything but cringe at it. 5y
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GingerAntics
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A smaller chunk of a larger poem. This is a very important distinction to make. One is not necessarily the other.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #TheDifferenceBetweenAloneAndLonely

TheBookHippie I preach this every single day 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie which is why you‘re awesome!!! 5y
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie among other reasons obviously. 5y
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I have always loved the water: lakes, rivers, streams, the ocean (@thebookhippie 😉). I always kind of thought it was an ingrained thing from my ancestors and their traditions about water sources, but this could very well be an equal part of it.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #water #abouttheocean

TheBookHippie Exactly. 💙Life giving. 5y
TheBookHippie Also OCEANS. 🤣 5y
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Crazeedi I could live by water and never leave 5y
GingerAntics @Crazeedi I think you‘ve found your people over here!!! 😂 5y
Crazeedi @GingerAntics yessssss!!❤🏞❤ 5y
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie @Crazeedi we‘ll have to find a way to waterproof the books. 5y
TheBookHippie @GingerAntics must ask the mermaids 🧜🏽‍♀️🧜🏾‍♂️🧞‍♂️ 5y
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie good thinking! Obviously they know! 5y
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GingerAntics
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This is SO very important. “Just get over it. I did.” is in no way helpful. “Just get over it the way I did” is equally unhelpful. We‘re all different and we all have to take our own path to being okay.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #PeopleSurviveInDifferentWays

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GingerAntics
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Sometimes I feel like forgetting and not forgiving is far simpler. Maybe some things just can‘t be forgiven.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #ForgivenessSpeaks

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GingerAntics
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This is an interesting juxtaposition between the heart and the mind. It‘s certainly given me something to think about.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry #TheTruthAboutYourHeart

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I‘m not a big fan of bees, but I like this.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

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GingerAntics
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I really like this one. I feel like this is something that needs to be said to A LOT of children and A LOT of adults... just a lot of people.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

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GingerAntics
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Just hanging out at the bloody post office with the other person who has the same appointment with the same person at the same time as me...and enjoying some poetry...before I get to argue with a puritanical asshat about why the “parents” section is only half filled in for the umpteenth time in my life.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

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GingerAntics
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I think this also applies to people who hear about what‘s been done to you. No one gets to judge how you deal with what‘s happened to you or how you express that. Period. There is not just one right way to do it.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

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GingerAntics
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More lovely Gill poetry.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

Chrissyreadit ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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GingerAntics
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So excited to read some more Gill. I really enjoyed the last book of hers I read. I have high hopes for this one.
#NikitaGill #YourHeartIsTheSea #Poetry

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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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This just wasn‘t the book for me. It has super high ratings on GR, but I suspect I‘m not her true audience. I thought the poetry was simplistic and only just average. Her pain is real, and I acknowledge that. But these don‘t have the gravity the situation deserves.

Much prefer Rupi Kuar, but really I‘m not an Intstagram poetry fan.

Full review http://www.TheBilbiophage.com
#thebibliophage2019

crazyspine Pretty picture 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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My laps are done. Now I‘m waiting for the “outside pool” to open so I can get some sun on these frighteningly white legs. That‘s my sunscreen and hat poking out of my bag! I didn‘t want to bring my hardcover read, and this ARC seemed like a good alternative.

Jennifer3 Oh how I miss swimming!!! 5y
zezeki I love that cover!! 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Jennifer3 I‘d sure miss it if I couldn‘t get here. Happens every once in a while, but not if I can help it! 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage @zezeki Pretty, isn‘t it? 5y
Jennifer3 @BarbaraTheBibliophage I swam competitively in my youth including college, but the pools out here in Arizona are hard to find for lapping swimming and that stay open year round near me. 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Jennifer3 Huh. Seems like the year-round heat would be a good reason to have pools open. But, I guess not. 😢 I‘ve never been a competitive swimmer, in fact the last time I did any consistent lap swimming was college (early 80s). But I started up last year, and I love it. 5y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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Happy to see this #bookmail in my stack this morning. I wasn‘t a huge fan of her fairytales book, but I like the parts of this she‘s quoted on IG. So, count me in.

Now I need to designate the next three weeks as ARC weeks. I‘m SO behind!

Clare-Dragonfly What a glorious cover. I don‘t usually care to read poetry books, but I want that cover! 6y
Melissa_J I love that cover! 6y
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