![]() ![]() ![]() I recommend this listening experience to everyone. I will listen repeatedly I'm sure, but I'm also buying hard copies for myself and as gifts. There's so much more I could say but instead I say listen to Wild Embers. 'They have lightning in their souls, thunder in their hearts, chaos in their bones.' Nikita Gill's poetry has captured hearts and minds all over the world her inspirational words have been shared hundreds of thousands of times online, plastered across placards on international women's marches and even transformed into tattoos. And a revolutionary call for change in reimagining of fairytales and what we teach our daughters. ![]() ![]() There's forgiveness and encouragement in her words. The sequence of the poems was also well done, moving from our universal connection to the pain of human experience, and our continued survival despite our mistakes. There were unexpected moments when I found myself crying, I was so moved. For me, it was both a validation and a blessing in a stranger's voice ( which, by the way had a distant familiarity, that I later identified as hearing echoes of Audrey Hepburn, not in a bad or performative way, just reminiscent). But hearing Wild Embers in the poet's own voice somehow made a different kind of connection. I've never listened to a book of poetry before, usually prefer to read them with my own inner voice. ![]()
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