Evangeline's Reviews > Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology

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Poemhood: Our Black Revival was an absolutely beautiful collection of poetry from many talented poets. Focusing on History, Folklore and the Black Experience this is an anthology that you should definitely reach for.

One poem that personally stood out to me was “Track 8: Grandmother Goddess” by L. Renée. My Grandma is very very dear to me and always will be and I don’t think enough light is ever shone on how extraordinary grandparents are. I’ve always said that grandmothers have something special – magical in fact – running through their veins. I will always speak about how special my grandmother is and this poem truly made me very emotional and reflective on the love that I will always have for her even if she is no longer physically with me, she will always be there in spirit. My Grandma is a goddesses and I will forever feel extremely blessed for her.

“And I’ve got the rivers of my Grandmother Goddess flowing through me”.

I can’t even begin to explain just how much this line absolutely moved me, this whole poem in fact. I would highly recommend this anthology.