Name: Small Cures
ISBN: 9781916356504

Della Hicks-Wilson

What if Warsan Shire only wrote poems as short as Rupi Kaur's? Small Cures - a unique and beautiful collection of inspirational poetry, introduced to the world by bestselling author Glennon Doyle - could be the answer. From viral poet Della Hicks-Wilson, comes an empowering dose of interconnected healing verses readers will quote for a lifetime.

Small Cures

From the British viral poet Della Hicks-Wilson comes an empowering and lyrical collection of short, interconnected poems about the heart, letting go, and a healing love, that readers can carry and quote for a lifetime. Small Cures is at once a compelling reminder to anyone struggling with heartbreak, mental health, or trauma, that they are not alone, an inspirational manual on how to survive, and a stirring call to arms for self-love. This unique volume brings together 150 poems into one seamless narrative based on the different stages of an "illness" - diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Through words that are as breathtakingly sparse and raw, as they are honest and memorable, Hicks-Wilson's soothing and soulful voice serves as the gentle guide to self-healing we all need. 'darling, you feel heavy because you are too full of truth. open your mouth more. let the truth exist somewhere other than inside your body.'

Gabriel Noel 

ARC given by NetGalley for Honest Review
[2.5 stars]

Small Cures unfortunately did not impress me. Fans of r.h. sin, Michael Faust, and other insta poets may enjoy it but I found it repetitive and overdone. It's a lot of the "I'm going to tell you that you are worth love with basic metaphor" type poems that never seem to come off as genuine.

The second part of the collection did have a better flow and format, basing each day for a poem of healing and recovery. The rest of the books format left much to be desired. The run offs at the end of one poem that guide us to turn to the next page and continue is interesting, sure, but can be hard to deal with when a reader has dyslexia, adhd, or autism.

Small Cures

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