Nayyirah Waheed

Salt.

Natasha Johnson

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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