review; phulkari
Phulkari
by Harman Kaur
Phulkari is a collection of poetry and prose that explores themes such as grief, identity, love, spirituality and healing. The themes specifically relate to the complexities that come with being a woman, a Panjabi, and a Sikh.
Review:
My last book of 2018 was a poetry one. Not because it took me so long to get to, because it wasn’t good. I actually flew through the first few parts, and then I realised I had only a few pages left, so I kept the book aside to savour it.
I’ve never connected to poems other than my own so much until Harman Kaur’s writing. Maybe it’s our shared faith, and the similarity in our viewpoints of the world that I could find in the spaces between her words. Maybe it’s the mix of unapologetic and apology in the emotions that flew off her pages when she spoke of strength and faith and Guru.
Maybe it was just the right poems, at the right time of my life.
All I can say is that I loved and I love, and I’m going to be turning to this book on the days I need to feel like someone understands me.
Ara
I’m Ara, a Southeast Asian writer who someday hopes to have published a novel, and who is currently losing herself in the worlds created by others. I love books and food and television and blogging and I get distracted and sidetracked easily.
4 Comments
Fanna
I’ve always been a huge fan of a good poetry collection and I think this one should definitely go to my TBR 😀
Ara
It is SO GOOD. Like, I had to keep pausing to catch my breath because they all resonated with me so hard. I kept pausing to click pictures of the poems to keep with me. It’s just. So good. READ IT.
The Content Cr_Eater
I’ve been trying to get more into poetry so this looks up my alley.
Ara
Yay! I hope you enjoy it! If you want to check out her poems before ordering the book (I don’t think there’s an ecopy online yet), her instagram account is _harmankaur.