This poetry collection was everything. There were some lines that resonated with me on such a deep and personal level I was taken aback. I loved this collection - it was full of raw truth & raw pain. It was phenomenal.

This could ruin is the best I have read in a long time. It's a poetry journey through her autoimmunity sickness. She writes about the pain and the sadness she endured through out her life. This is her collection of fights against pain and other feelings. She is one brave woman for going through this. She is a very strong author full of love.
This book is a MUST, !MUST, MUST read. It's a beautiful book with a beautiful soul. I cannot wait to see what she will put out in the world to read next.

I received a free copy of the book and is voluntarily writing a review

"Time does not always slip away.

Sometimes he stands
before you, taunting,
waiting,"

Thank you NetGalley and Atmosphere Press for the chance to read and review Battle Cry by Jennifer Sara Widelitz!

I may not be a fan of the book as a whole, but there were definitely some pieces that I liked such as Embrace the Darkness, Reading Between the Lines (my favourite from the book), and I Too Shall Dig.

Some of the themes did feel very familiar, and I wish some more editing had gone into this to remove those. I would willingly read another book by this writer!

Wow. This is such an amazing collection of poetry. While there was some single-mindedness when it comes to theme, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing - sometimes those things that touch us the deepest need more time and focus to bring to the surface and process, and I feel that that's a lot of what we see in this book. Overall, I think it's a really cohesive collection. Definitely a insight into the hearts and minds of those of us living with chronic illness.

I'm not a big reader of poems but Battle Cry intrigued me with its title and then because the author talked about chronic illness and chronic pain. I really liked those poems, they really resonated in me.
I was less touched by those who talked about childhood nostalgia.
It's my first time reading a full collection of poems in English and it's very possible that some things eluded me, even though I found the style to be very straightforward.

I wasn't entirely convinced by the whole collection but some poems will probably stick with me in the future.

Rep: chronic illness like chronic fatigue syndrom
TW: mention of pain