bone

bone

<b>“yrsa daley-ward’s <i>bone </i>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 <i>salt.</i><br><br>From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self. </b><br>  <br> Bone. Visceral. Close to. Stark.<br>  <br> The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward’s collection <i>bone</i> are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence—so clear and pared-down, they become universal.<br>  <br> From navigating the oft competing worlds of religion and desire, to balancing society’s 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-Ward’s <i>bone</i> resonates to the core of what it means to be human. <br>  <br> <i>“You will come away bruised. </i><br> <i>You will come away bruised</i><br><i>but this will give you poetry.” </i><br><b><br>Foreword by Kiese Laymon, author of <i>Long Division</i></b>