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by Nayyirah Waheed (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,492 ratings
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07TMKPD67
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 26, 2019)
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4.6 out of 5 stars
2,492 global ratings

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Customers find the book beautiful, lovely, and unforgettable. They praise the poetry as powerful, stunning, and unique. Readers describe the book as heartwarming, affirming, and profound. They appreciate the depth and intensity of the book. Customers also mention it's phenomenal and powerful. They describe the prose as simple, succinct, and streamlined.

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117 customers mention "Readability"117 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beautiful, lovely, and outstanding. They say it's unforgettable and great reading.

"...first things that caught my eye about this collection was the beautiful cover design. Blue skys, honey clouds, with a sort of dreamy feel to it...." Read more

"...The cover is beautiful and textured which made me excited about reading it. The Madiba poems evokes raw emotion...." Read more

"Beautiful & challenging work, in a beautiful book...." Read more

"...It's a beautiful book, design wise but just not what I was expecting and hoping for." Read more

109 customers mention "Poetry quality"106 positive3 negative

Customers find the poetry in the book powerful, stunning, and genuine. They say it brings healing and raises consciousness. Readers also appreciate the unique talent of the author and her beautiful writing style.

"...readers to come by a writer like nayyirah waheed whose poetry is so powerful, it inspires you to write your first Amazon review..." Read more

"...There are poems that bring healing, poems that raise consciousness, poems that empower, poems that comfort, poems that inspire, poems that release,..." Read more

"...It fits her writing style quite nicely. And what else can I say? This one is definitely a lot different from salt...." Read more

"...Ms. Waheed has a unique talent in writing. Everyone should read and experience her work. You're sure to find enlightenment and inspiration." Read more

47 customers mention "Heartwarming"47 positive0 negative

Customers find the book heartwarming, affirming, and revolutionary. They say it opens their hearts and minds, is profound, and inspiring. Readers also mention the poems are empowering, healing, and spiritual. In addition, they say the book makes them reflect on their own identities.

"...It breathes courage a necessary voice in literature. It is a calling for us to recall our magic and tell the stories that need to be told...." Read more

"Empowering. Healing. Comforting. Inspiring. Moving. These are all words I would use to describe “nejma”...." Read more

"Waheed’s poetry is always a quick, but profound read for me. I absolutely enjoy her voice and use of punctuation...." Read more

"...It makes me reflect on my own identity, the path my life has taken so far and the purpose it is leading...." Read more

19 customers mention "Depth"15 positive4 negative

Customers find the book to be deep and intense. They say it's captivating, comforting, and profound. Readers also appreciate every detail and highlight.

"...They express, in simple yet profound ways, the complexity and nuances of our experiences...." Read more

"...There is no fluff here, just pure depth and intensity.Do yourself a favor and get it. It will change you!" Read more

"...Thank you to the author for this, it illuminates all the things that matter." Read more

"...aside, I also feel that most of the poems are completely random, shallow (so as to be applicable to as many people as possible), and there is no..." Read more

10 customers mention "Power"10 positive0 negative

Customers find the book phenomenal, poignant, and beautiful.

"...Some of them are powerful, in the way in which a Roscharch test can be meaningful to a hundred different people in a hundred different ways because..." Read more

"...She is eloquent, concise and powerful...." Read more

"This book is an amazing work that addresses blackness, womanhood, selfhood, relationships and the divine...." Read more

"...It was lovely and shortWhich worked so well" Read more

7 customers mention "Comfort"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book comforting, tender, and raw. They say it feels like home. Readers also mention it's soft, sweet, and ethereal from cover to cover.

"...Nejma feels ethereal from cover to cover, a stark difference between the minimalistic style of her first collection...." Read more

"Empowering. Healing. Comforting. Inspiring. Moving. These are all words I would use to describe “nejma”...." Read more

"...Soft and sweet, but there was just something more. A very sneaky little knife that will wake you up with its love...." Read more

"Love love love. So tender. so raw. so close to home.The type of poetry that makes you feel more. Things your heart would say to you." Read more

7 customers mention "Ease of use"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book simple, succinct, and streamlined. They also say it's a quick read.

"...She is eloquent, concise and powerful...." Read more

"...What a beautiful experience. The kindle version was also very easy to use. I will buy the paper version to keep on my shelf...." Read more

"...The arrangement on the ebook is also a plus. It's very simple and streamlined. I would highly recommend it." Read more

"As beautiful as the first. In her usual style, simple , yet says everything it needs to say and more." Read more

6 customers mention "Voice"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the voice of the book undeniable, strong, and vulnerable. They say the poems resound deeply.

"...I absolutely enjoy her voice and use of punctuation. While this wasn’t as soul tearing as her first collection I stumbled upon (“salt.”),..." Read more

"...I felt like weeping, like rejoicing, everything about her words just resonates. I will cherish her poems time and time again...." Read more

"This book is incredible. nayyirah waheed has an undeniable voice, strength, and vulnerability to her writing. Empowering & healing...." Read more

"The poems are so beautiful and they resound so deeply, especially if you're a POC, in my humble opinion. This a beautiful book, definitely recommend." Read more

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gloombunny
5.0 out of 5 stars If only I had the funds, I'd buy everyone a copy of this book. Because everyone should read it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2016
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I'm an English & Creative Writing major, which means I deal with a fair share of all kinds of poetry on a daily basis. But that's not what makes my opinion at all credible. It's that poetry is my passion. It is and always has been. Stringing simple words to form an entity so large that it has the power to transcend so many boundaries and still cannot be adequately defined or explained, just shared and experienced by people whose lives have seemingly nothing in common...until they happen to stumble upon words typed on a page that embrace them, resonate with them, make them feel validated, less alone. When a poet accomplishes this, time and time again, no less- as nayyirah waheed does, the words become part of you. nayyirah's words feel as though they have always been a part of you. I can't count the number of times I read her poems and recognized myself in them- recognized thoughts and feelings for which I could never find the proper words, could never verbalize myself. And for that, I am so thankful.

I discovered waheed's work by chance on Instagram, which was a first for me. But there's something pretty amazing about that- discovering such talent not because it's on your syllabus, but because such platforms exist allowing writers and artists to put their work out there and release it into the world---and alternatively, allowing readers to come by a writer like nayyirah waheed whose poetry is so powerful, it inspires you to write your first Amazon review (seriously. this is my first one).

Pick this book up. Just pick it up and you'll understand.
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Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Necessary Poetry
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017
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‘sometimes i want to say it.
and there is nothing in english. that will say it.’

The poem above epitomizes Nayyirah Waheed’s transcendence of language in her follow-up to her collection Salt. Nejma feels ethereal from cover to cover, a stark difference between the minimalistic style of her first collection. Nayyirah touches heavily on the constructs of blackness and whiteness, using the sharp contrast of the negative space and the black ink on the pages to do so. Nayyirah remains true to herself in this second collection, discussing race, the feminine and the masculine, and ultimately love in all forms.

The work in Nejma is an even combination of sweet one-liners and lengthier poems. The longer poems are thick with truth and criticism of the lack of visibility of writers of color in literature and poetry and the grief of losing an identity you never knew to the western world.  

As she writes in “The Hot Wash”,

to take my name out of my name
out of where my native poetry lives. in me.
and
replace it with keats, browning, dickson, wolf, joyce. wild. plathe. [...]

The work in Nejma serves to embolden writers of color. It breathes courage a necessary voice in literature. It is a calling for us to recall our magic and tell the stories that need to be told. She speaks to lovers of all literature in reminding the world of the importance of artists that look like us. Salt was for the lovers, Nejma is for the the creators.
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ck
5.0 out of 5 stars Overflowing with life and truth
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2014
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Empowering. Healing. Comforting. Inspiring. Moving. These are all words I would use to describe “nejma”. Nayyirah Waheed masterfully crafted poems so full of life that they give life to her readers. These poems speak to our experiences as people of color, as women of color. They express, in simple yet profound ways, the complexity and nuances of our experiences. She puts into words what I feel in my heart but could never express so simply and so eloquently. As I read, and reread, and sit with “nejma”, I can feel the care and love she put into each page, each word, each letter. There are poems that bring healing, poems that raise consciousness, poems that empower, poems that comfort, poems that inspire, poems that release, and poems that do all of those things. Each time I reread a poem, it brings up something new- a new thought, a new feeling, a new inspiration- and every time I walk away with a full heart.
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Xian Xian
4.0 out of 5 stars I feel like I said this 15 times
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2015
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Oh look, more poetry. I can't seem to get enough of it lately. I feel like I said this 15 times. So this is the second and the latest Waheed collection. One of the first things that caught my eye about this collection was the beautiful cover design. Blue skys, honey clouds, with a sort of dreamy feel to it. It fits her writing style quite nicely. And what else can I say? This one is definitely a lot different from salt. This one focuses more on the art of writing itself. Specifically poetry, one of the most under appreciated art forms, especially when it's written by People of Color.

Waheed speaks of poetry in it's barest of forms, that type that is the most intimate. The act of introversion and unraveling one's insecurities, bleeding out inky words, to reveal the truest of one's own soul. There are also poems about Nelson Mandela and family.

But I feel like in this collection, the writing was a bit more filled in. It had a more solid feel, like a chunk of salt, but also sweet like honey, much like the previous collection. And maybe even a bit more violent than before, draining all liquid from your tongue.

Nejma felt more spiritual, deeper within her. Traveling from home to childhood. There's also stars and gravity, atmospheres. I had a silly thought while reading this, I wondered what would it be like if Waheed wrote a science fiction novel, I'm not sure why, but I kind of got a sci-fi feel from this. If she wrote a sci-fi novel or a verse novella with a sci-fi theme, oh my, it would be freaking cool.

I felt like Nejma struck me a little bit more. A lot of people on Goodreads weren't a huge fan of it, but I felt like there was something a bit more. It had, I don't know, let me use this quote:

, "I think that Cheer is a fantastic lyricist, her lyrics appear to be a soft knife that looks harmless but is actually sharp." - Ashin, singer and lyricist of Taiwanese rock band, Wu Yue Tian, commenting on another fellow Taiwanese musician, Chen Qi Zhen, also known as Cheer Chen.

Soft and sweet, but there was just something more. A very sneaky little knife that will wake you up with its love.

One of the poems that really struck me was the one called "the hot wash." where she spoke of the dead White guy literature that we have to read in school. It reminded me of how one day I said something dumb like, "African American writers were influenced by White writers." I wasn't sure what the hell I meant, or even remember the whole thing I said, but during that time, the internalized racism was definitely within me, even now I am still healing. Although I will admit that even since the beginning, I didn't really enjoy dead White guy literature that much anyway. I think I read more dead Japanese guys than dead White guys. I'm fond of David Foster Wallace and Franz Kafka, but that's sort of it.

What really curdles my stomach though, is that every time we read about African Americans and racism, it's always Harper Lee, instead of James Baldwin or any of the others. I did read Ernest Gaines for school once, and that was it. It was always Harper Lee or White people writing about Black people and winning all of the rewards for it. And it makes me think, being Black, Latina, and Eastern Asian, I could sort of understand some perspectives, right? More than a White person right? No, a White woman will win the reward and get on the "most diverse characters list." A White woman will write the most fetishsized interracial couple in a novel and win awards for it, while somebody like me will write the same thing and get no recognition. A White person will write a mixed race character and get praise and if I do, I will be mocked. It's a sad world. But writing isn't about praise or rewards, I could live without that, but that poem made me think of so many things.

When a person of color reads the words of their own people, it's sort of like reading another you with another name and another body. And if you like the book, it's like falling in love with yourself.

And finally here is my rating and I apologize for such a ranting filled post.

Rating: 4.5/5

Originally posted here: http://wordsnotesandfiction.blogspot.com/2014/12/nejma-by-nayyirah-waheed.html
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Wallace Miranda
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito bom
Reviewed in Brazil on August 14, 2019
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Não tenho pós e contras, está dentro do esperando.
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Alana Chávez
5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro humano
Reviewed in Mexico on December 20, 2018
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Es una obra inteligente y con un nivel de introspección tan profundo que la convierte en universal.
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Shreddinyeti
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking and beautiful
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2018
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Love the poetry on here. It's a short read, thought provoking, and the cover is easy on the eyes. Great conversation starter and beautiful addition to my coffee table. Bought one to give as a gift for Christmas .
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A.
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
Reviewed in Germany on June 9, 2019
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I love love love love love love love love love love love love it! thanks nayyirah! lot's of love :-)
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nalini mittal
5.0 out of 5 stars Just good
Reviewed in India on December 5, 2018
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Nothing much to say
Lots to feel
Lots to pause and reflect
And just a reminder of how love is you, within you, and universe. Always universe
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