Books I’ve Read in 2018 #5 ‘Millefiori’ by @omarbinmusa Anything I say here will fall far from doing justice to the strength and beauty of the poems held in Omar Musa’s latest collection. The opening poem, ‘The Boys’, is a guttural cry which begins an ebb and flow of ideas, experiences and emotions that leads all the way through to the end. Standouts for me include ‘Ceiling Fan’, ‘eat our myths’ and the notebook snippets for ‘Alchemy’ but there is not a single poem in these pages that is not powerful or provoking. I cannot encourage you enough to pick this one up, it is a stunning collection of work. #millefiori #omarmusa #houlart #houl #minimonotonebookclub #booksivereadin2018
















