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women and roosters
80 pages, Paperback
Published October 28, 2025
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November 24, 2025
Great poetry book!
Thank you to the publisher for my copy!
Thank you to the publisher for my copy!
October 31, 2025
3.5/5 ⭐
Women & Roosters is an informal, conversational poetry collection that explores the contradictions of life through thoughts on nature, motherhood, and grief. The writing feels very personal and reflective—like you’re sitting with a friend who’s trying to make sense of life’s messiness.
Animal death comes up quite a bit, and that was tough to read. Without that, I probably would’ve rated this a solid 4/5. Still, there’s a lot of honesty and insight here, and I really appreciated how Stewart captures the strange mix of beauty and loss that runs through everyday life.
“I liked it better when you hadn’t gone away; I liked it better when you were mad”
“…as if not being with me all that time had cost you, tired you out…”
“Why do we all have to be stuck in whatever it is we’re stuck in?”
Thank you bookhug for the advance copy!
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Women & Roosters is an informal, conversational poetry collection that explores the contradictions of life through thoughts on nature, motherhood, and grief. The writing feels very personal and reflective—like you’re sitting with a friend who’s trying to make sense of life’s messiness.
Animal death comes up quite a bit, and that was tough to read. Without that, I probably would’ve rated this a solid 4/5. Still, there’s a lot of honesty and insight here, and I really appreciated how Stewart captures the strange mix of beauty and loss that runs through everyday life.
“I liked it better when you hadn’t gone away; I liked it better when you were mad”
“…as if not being with me all that time had cost you, tired you out…”
“Why do we all have to be stuck in whatever it is we’re stuck in?”
Thank you bookhug for the advance copy!
🌲🐦⬛🌧️🫶🏼🔥🐺🥾🌊🌱
January 17, 2026
4.25 stars, rounded up. This slim volume of contemporary BC poetry has completely won me over. This is conversational poetry at its best: intimate, thoughtful, and quietly confident. I loved it in that rare, full-bodied way where you don’t want to analyse too much while you’re reading, you just want to stay with it, savour it when you can.
Maybe it helped that I recognised the landscapes (so much of where I live is here on the page), or maybe it was the sly musical nods (I’m convinced there’s a little Kate Bush tucked in), or the light-touch Shakespearean echoes. Probably all of it.
The pacing is beautifully varied; sometimes it's slow and lyrical, inviting you to linger, and at times propulsive, carrying you forward before you quite realise what’s happening. A small book that leaves a generous impression.
Maybe it helped that I recognised the landscapes (so much of where I live is here on the page), or maybe it was the sly musical nods (I’m convinced there’s a little Kate Bush tucked in), or the light-touch Shakespearean echoes. Probably all of it.
The pacing is beautifully varied; sometimes it's slow and lyrical, inviting you to linger, and at times propulsive, carrying you forward before you quite realise what’s happening. A small book that leaves a generous impression.
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