Name: Salt.
ISBN: 9781492238287

Nayyirah Waheed

Salt.

Natasha Johnson

Jennifer

I liked around 10 poems from this. Otherwise it’s another poetry book of broken. sentences. Is it the moon? Or is it Me. Or is it Maybelline.

The book started with the robot-learning-to-speak-human gibberish style that i love love love so much i was so ready to give it 5 stars right there. I love stylistic experimental dynamics that only poetry allows, and the intro was absolutely exhilarating, it's perfect, everything i ever wanted from poetry. But it's just the intro. Then it proceeds to regular style which has great substance too, but only amount to good-great. I'm excited for her other works tho, now that i've seen what she's capable of writing. Also, i've heard that a certain popular poet is kinda a Nayyirah Waheed's knock off? Well Waheed's the real deal. Great diction packed with meaning, she's on A list.

chloe rae

Absolutely stunning and incredibly profound. What a marvelous poetry collection. I got this on my kindle but I can’t wait to get a physical copy so I can annotate and mark my favorites!

Shareca

The poetry in this book is completely outstanding. Something that comes from the mouth of someone who is a war themselves. Is a tiny little version of a war constantly erupting within different situations and scenarios in life. This poetry book was something I might have never read it wasn't free on Amazon, it was marketed to me (I write poetry as well) and I would have paid for this. I adore this book and will keep it and reread it for decades to come.

High Fidelity

Athena Eloy

Beautiful. A collection I will come back to for healing.

celeste

you.
not wanting me.
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself.
thank you.
— the hurt, Nayyirah Waheed

Simplemente hermosa toda la colección de poemas.

Shannon O’Connor 

Insightful

I really enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect but a lot of these poems spoke the truth about living as a woman of color in a society that is clearly not always accepting. I feel as I am not a woman of color I cannot comment much on the poems speaking of race and her struggles but I found them to be beautifully written as well as the other poems that focused more on love and growth. Overall even if you cannot relate fully it is a great read.

I used to read this collection frequently about 7 years ago. Nayyirah is an incredible writer, you can feel the very core of her soul in her words.

She will always be one of my favorite poets.

Linn 

i read this on the bus and this poetry collection made me so emotional i was keeping the tears from flowing in public

Kate

stunning. simply stunning.

Salt is without a doubt the best poetry collection I've read and I know I will not only be rereading it many times throughout my life, but also recommending it to as many people as possible. I was almost moved to tears multiple times (if I didn't have such a tin man heart, I'm sure I would have been...) I couldn't recommend this more highly. I don't think I will ever tire of reading this and I'm almost certain, each time I read it, I will find else more to admire. After finishing this, I'm not sure wether my heart is broken or quadrupled in size and I kind of love that. Please, please read this book. Nayyirah Waheed has a way with words I've not come across before and it's utterly wonderful!

Salt.

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