Purchased July 2024/Reviewed on Amazon and Goodreads December 2024
sensuous and surprising, wisdom-filled and courageous: this collection unspooled
me—gave me pause and reflection
This book has been by my side for a few months now, getting enough readings from me, and with each read I emerge replete and content. The way the author expressed her soul engaged me to feel.
By the end of my final reading (just before this review and after my mention of it on Instagram), I had cradled the Author in a warm sisterly embrace just like the sea did in the poem “I went to the sea”
I took it all with me/
the grief and the anger and the fear/
and she took it/
like she takes all our shit/
and she smoothed it/
the way she might smooth a stone or a piece of glass/
and she cradled me/
the way a mother might cradle a frightened child/
and her pulse/
was my pulse/
and I left with it all/
the grief and the anger and the fear/
a little smoother now/
a little easier to carry ~ page 21, Sarah Connor.
Verbose sentences that distract and take one on a loop are absent in this book; ample proof that verbosity is not needed in heartfelt poetry. Each short poem is sensuous, surprising, wisdom-filled, and courageous: the whole collection unspooled me and
gave me pause and reflection.
Always Fire by Sarah Connor is a memorable book that gets a resounding 5-star from me. Get it for yourself or gift giving and see why I highly recommend it.
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I hope you consider this short gem of a book when choosing your
next good read. Thanks for reading my thoughts on it. I bless you.
AN UPDATE:
When I scheduled this post I failed. I didn’t know, I didn’t know.
I was shocked to read the sad message from her family:
“Our beautiful Sarah passed away on the 27th of December.”
Rest in Peace, kind lady. I will always remember you.
Additionally, I share a poem I wrote for Sarah in July 2024 to which Sarah
commented…
Thanks for reading.
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Sarah and her beautiful poetry will be sadly missed in this community 🙏
She will be missed.
We will miss her and her incredible poems.
I didn’t know this happened until tonight’s post. May she rest in peace.
the loss of a poet leaves a huge hole
Hi Selma, thank you for your beautiful review of this book. I learned of the passing of Sarah Conner from other bloggers. I did not know her as I only joined d’Verse mid last year. She sounds like a wonderful soul.
Beautiful you sharing book review, Selma. Nice video clip, so sweet your voice.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful review, Selma. I like poetry that’s not verbose.
I was saddened to read that she passed away. May she rest in peace.
Beautiful, and condolences to her family.