Author and speaker Tanya Markul has written a new collection of unconventional poems, prose, and quotes detailing her struggle through sadness. In her words, "This is a compilation of how I survived the underworld, that long, dark grandfather winter, and the deep, open ocean- and if you're there and ready to come up for air, I hope these words can be the hand that pulls you back up to the surface."
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[Now gather the candles / and trust when the dark part is over / you'll be reborn come spring]***
(@AndrewsMcMeel, 30 June 2020, 176 pages, e-book, #ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I enjoyed the first volume of The She Book and enjoyed this as well. The poems deal with universal themes and ideas of being a women and are often addressed to an unknown 'she' or 'you' or for the most part, women in general. The poet does sometimes use clichés but I didn't have any real issue with this. My pet hate is that the poems have no real titles, just the number they fall into the overall sequence of The She Book volume 1 & 2. This is my pet hate as I like poems to have titles but this doesn't detract from my overall enjoyment of the collection. This is a mix of poems and short pieces of prose. I enjoyed it.