Wildflower by SaDee Hodge

This new poetry collection from SaDee discusses her life from the metaphor of being a wildflower in a world of seemingly perfect flowers and how life isn't always beautiful on the surface but can eventually deeply be seen so. Some stand out poems to me from this collection were: Sapphire, about pet loss, was utterly heartbreaking and so relatable as a rabbit owner myself, losing them over the rainbow bridge cuts every time especially after ten years with a rabbit who was more like a puppy following you around and SaDee losing her cat Sapphire, every pet loss cuts as deep as a human loss to me and it's so important we talk more openly about the loss of such a companion that provides love and support. To The You I'll Never Know, was again a heartbreaking and relatable poem to anyone who's faced abortion or even miscarriage and the way it alters your life forever as you can become a mum just not the way everyone perceives a mum to be as your baby isn't physically here with you in your arms it's a whole new depth of grief full of endless questions and SaDee captures the mixture of feelings, emotions and questions we can wonder on perfectly. Supply, was a poem all about the way poetry can be addictive and get you hooked on reading and writing it and it's a healthier option to have a supply of. Wildflower, the final poem of the collection and the title poem, talks of growing on and through everything and craving a change of scenery around you and honestly from past experience too, I got a new job away from the area I knew and had bad memories in and that step in itself felt freeing, empowering and like a whole new chance to embrace change for the better. We should all be more of a wildflower, embrace our beauty and worth in our space and adapt and grow through all life throws us.