Girls Like Us by Elizabeth Hazen

Poetry Review

Girls Like Us by Elizabeth Hazen

This poetry book is hard hitting. It talks of the strong minded females who has certain misgivings due to societal pressures.... It explores relationships and bondings...

Being in a same sex relationship, is not recognised by most communities....yet the poet accepts it...

She is fearless about flaunting it, acknowledging it...

The poems touch us, the language is flowing, maybe a bit flowery at times but in no way that puts us off. No poetry, for me is trivial or superfluous, because the poet puts all her emotions while writing a poem...

Poetry only comes from us when we are having deep connection with someone or some issues....same is the situation here too....

The poet has deep connection with her writings and that has come through...

My favourite poem is....

*Why I love Zombie Woman*

Because she's stuck with rigor-mortis legs and decomposing skin, but perseveres; because she sees without eyeballs, she hears with oozing ears; because her organs, like eggs dropped from their carton, hit the path with splats, but still she trudges on; because her need is clear, uncomplicated: she must feed; because she barely notices the rats

that gnaw her ankles; because she doesn't stop, even after the hatchet hacks clean through her reaching arm; because she will pursue her prey till they have nothing left to chop.

Because when she lies in pieces, inside out, she will not know regret, or shame, or doubt.

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I recommend it for everyone not just poetry lovers