A review by nelli_lakatos
Tears in the Shadows by A Ikram

emotional hopeful sad

5.0

My favorite poem from this collection was titled โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐šโ€ I relate to it so much it hurts, for me itโ€™s my Dad that I miss every single dayโ€ฆ

โ€œโ„ณ๐“Ž ๐‘’๐“Ž๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“…๐“Š๐’ป๐’ป๐“Ž, ๐“‚๐“Ž ๐’ป๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“Š๐“๐“ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‡๐“ˆ, ๐’œ๐“ˆ โ„ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡ "โ„ ๐“‚๐’พ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š," ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐‘’๐“‚๐“…๐“‰๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐“…๐’ถ๐’ธ๐‘’. โ„ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“…๐‘’๐’ถ๐“‰๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚ ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ, ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“…๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“…๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ, 
โ„ฌ๐“Š๐“‰ ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’พ๐“‰ ๐“๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ ๐‘œ๐“ƒ, ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ ๐“ƒ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡-๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’น๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ƒ.โ€œ

I never related to a poem like this before.

Tears in the Shadows was a beautifully written collection of poems about grief, loss and letting go of pain and hurtful memories. 

Thank you so much A Ikram for an ARC of your wonderful work in exchange for my honest review.