Canciones de mi abuela

The prose pieces about rebirth hit me harder than the poems, which surprised me since I bought it mainly for the poetry. I've already lent it to two friends going through rough breakups because the sections on loss and change feel like someone sitting with you.

I read this collection over three nights and kept dog-earing the prose pieces about change, the ones that read almost like letters. It's rare that a book balances poetry and memoir this well, and the sections on love and loss felt like sitting with someone who actually gets it.

The poems about rebirth hit me harder than the ones about loss, which I didn't expect from a collection like this. I've been reading one piece a night before bed and it's become a small ritual. The prose sections between the poems tie everything together beautifully.