yrsa daley-wards bone is a symphony of breaking and mending. . . . she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing. . . . an expert storyteller. of the rarest. and purest kind. nayyirah waheed, author of salt. From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self. Foreword by Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark. The poems in Yrsa Daley-Wards collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essenceso clear and pared-down, they become universal. From navigating the oft competing worlds of religion and desire, to balancing societys expectations with the raw experience of being a woman in the world; from detailing the experiences of growing up as a first generation black British woman, to working through situations of dependence and abuse; from finding solace in the echoing caverns of depression and loss, to exploring the vulnerability and redemption in falling in love, each of the raw and immediate poems in Daley-Wards bone resonates to the core of what it means to be human. You will come away bruised. You will come away bruised but this will give you poetry.
- | Author: Yrsa Daley-Ward
- | Publisher: Penguin Books
- | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 160 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Poetry
- | ISBN-10: 014313261X
- | ISBN-13: 9780143132615
- Author:
- Yrsa Daley-Ward
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Publication Date:
- Sep 26, 2017
- Number of pages:
- 160 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Poetry
- ISBN-10:
- 014313261X
- ISBN-13:
- 9780143132615