After The Rain by Adisa Noor

This poetry collection really speaks how grief can lead to renewal and a new sense of appreciation for the simple ways of life continuing especially after sadness using the metaphor of rain fall to produce growth. Some stand out poems to me were: The Way Light Touches Rain, was a beautiful poem of how even broken or damage can look beautiful in different light, another touch point in a story of breaking to renewal and growing. Conversations With My Past Self, was a great poem about despite growing up one way into life, hoe we adapt to honouring our past selves as we progress. Becoming My Own Shelter, was a great poem about self resilience and self reliance of peace you crave and create to be calm and happy in you before anyone or anything else. What The Garden Taught Me, was brilliant at how alike plants, we too need to exist together through cycles or seasons, for us, of emotions and patience. Love In It's Simplest Form, about comfort in simply sharing smiles and the simple way love and care can be shared. The collection had some beautiful nature poetry of the kindness of growth, remewal and sunlight providing joy and nourishment as well as poetry from the metaphor of nature in how human connection can be like seasons and cycles too.