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SPOILER FREE REVIEW Perennials by Dylah Ray is an inspiring book of poems about finding oneself after years of immense trauma Dylah gives us a glimpse into her suffocated and silenced thoughts and the feelings she had of being married to the wrong person Her tragic beginning and triumphant ending is both deeply personal and widely relatable Words do not do justice to the emotions that bled from these pages This is a love story to herself earned by experiencing the growing pains of starting fresh She writes with generational feminine rage fueled and felt by women universally She uses her voice loudly and boldly and her words deserve to be heard Perennials is both viscerally devastating and intellectually gratifying Finally my favorite quote Chapter 4 Page 55 God help you if you ever ask me to put down this flag again Dylah Ray English Perennials is a beautiful collection of poems that navigates heartbreak healing and finding yourself through rebuilding Ray s words will ring true for anyone feeling uprooted and looking for a reminder that they can always bloom again English I pull hope from my body like lambswool This book is about heartache and hope and moving on and queerness and resistance and I feel so lucky to know the author English