Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
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Web ID: 13391097powerful collection
CALL US WHAT WE CARRY is a stunning collection of poetry that encompasses a variety of topics from the pandemic to war to ongoing social concerns. The breadth and variety of styles is striking with clever use of form to convey emotion and different topics. The poetry is quite potent with powerful and thought-provoking messages throughout. There were several poems that I found personally impactful, and throughout, I think there are different poems that will speak to different people in their own ways. The poems can be read in any order, and I found it most poignant when picking them up over time and digesting them slowly. These would be fantastic for a book club to discuss and explore. Gorman is quite insightful and gifted with words - the style is certainly unique even across topics and formats, bringing them together into a thoughtful and powerful collection that is definitely worth exploring. Highly recommend picking this one up! Please note that I received an ARC. All opinions are my own.
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Great read
If you like this book, you should check out “The Fairy Tale That Never Ends” by Andre Sansbury.
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Moving, deliberate, expansive, and American
This review is less of a recapitulation of this work and more of a persuasive piece for you to buy and read it. Through her words, Gorman shows us what it means to be an American. Through her experiences – unabashedly black, unabashedly young, and unabashedly colored by the COVID pandemic – she weaves together a script that is unabashedly American and recalls moments in our history to point the way forward. She organizes her poems as if they played a part in a religious service or a piece of instrumental jazz. Contents include thematic sections like: Requiem, What a Piece of Wreck Is Man, Earth Eyes, Memoria, Atonement, Fury & Faith, and Resolution. Like any good poetess, she shows us our own souls, whether we are citizens of the world or citizens of America. These words contain potential to elevate our – your and my – collective rhetoric. Each word is carefully chosen and dripping with meaning. She provides historical references to the American experience while reminding us that this American experience and aspiration is unfinished. She documents the recent pandemic while reminding us of pandemics past. She tells us of her “blackness” while reminding readers of their own uniqueness and our common humanity. On January 20, 2021, Gorman read “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of Joe Biden to the US Presidency. That work closes this book. Just as when she read it in front of the Capitol, tears welled up in my eyes as I read it now. This entire collection is worthy of that performance and shows why Dr. Jill Biden recommended her to the inaugural committee to become the youngest person to recite an inaugural poem. Gorman’s words contain power to heal and to bring insight. Whether you are American or just a citizen of humanity, you ought to read them because they will inspire you.
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Well named book
I really enjoy the author's use of words in her poetry & how uplifting they are.
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Pure Genius!
An inspiring, outstanding book of poetry. I don't usually read poetry or purchase it. I will say this is a most wonderful collection of poetry and I am enjoying it immensely!
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Call Us What You Carry
As a poetry writer, sometimes it’s not about the rhyme BUT the rhythm in which the poem’s read. However, I do include rhymes. Amanda Gorman is clever and speaks truth from her heart about what she feels most fiercely about-THAT’S what makes her not good, but GREAT!
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Great book!
Please check out the book “The 10th Minute” by Andre Sansbury.
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To:Not a Poetry Fan
It’s ok if you are not a poetry fan and not to understand what poetry is (it is not a work that rhymes). unfortunately, you review Amanda Gorman’s brilliant work of poetry as if you do. Her facility with and use of language is nothing short of genius. The rhythm, the creativity, the message, and the imagery deliver a powerful message wrapped within the music of the soul.
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