The Dark Side Of Love One Year Anniversary Edition by SaDee Hodge

SaDee has come back with a special one year edition of her first poetry collection and honestly it is still a collection I can read, sit and reflect and think of how incredible the strength of a person can be every time. Some stand out poems to me of this collection were: No Contact, was a simple poem by named concept, but shows the way negative love can still haunt you, the way a simple break up would or could do. Each poem especially that follows almost reads ethereal upon reaching the point where reflection on the relationship feels haunting and leaves you in disbelief over what you actually faced and survived. Goodbye, especially, was such a finite poem seeing all the negatives and turn point on reflection too and how it can make you fear moving on to face the unknown future ahead. Warrior, was a poignant poem, to me SaDee is a warrior for facing down fear and harm and writing through the pain, owning it and writing warning others of what can happen in relationships. The title poem leaves on a haunting ending, a closure of a dark chapter indeed and just reinforces the strength of a woman to walk away and rebuild after such experiences.