in this world i am never so lonely that
i laugh just to have something
to wrap my hands around
in this world i am no longer a list of
unasked questions & the answer to each
is no longer the word blasphemy in
this world when the parts of me that
are not made of water beg for mercy
i spare them
Thank you NetGalley and Button Poetry for the chance to read and review the ARC for So, Stranger by Topaz Winters.
I wasn't expecting much from this collection; the cover is not to my taste and in a store would put me off. But here I am, pretty surprised that this turned out to be a phenomenal collection on loss (for lack of a better word) and family. Topaz Winters is a great writer and puts her best foot forward with the first piece 'Departure Time.' My other favorites were 'Ars Poetica Il: Season Finale of the American Dream' and 'In your absence', which hit closer to home than I would like to admit.
I'll be checking out more by this poet soon!