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Night of the Hawk|Lauren Martin

Night of the Hawk : Poems

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When I have wandered long enough what am I still beholden to? If . Nature. Illness. Love. Loss. Misogyny. Aging. Africa. Our wounded planet. In this sweeping yet intensely personal collection, Lauren Martin tells the untold stories of the marginalized, the abused, the ill, the disabled--the different. Inspired by her life's experiences, including the isolation she has suffered as a result both of living with chronic illness and having devoted herself to a religion outside the mainstream, these poems explore with raw vulnerability and unflinching honesty what it is to live apart--even as one yearns for connection. But Night of the Hawk is no lament; it is powerful, reverential, sometimes humorous, often defiant--"Oh heat me and fill me / I rise above lines"--and full of wisdom. Visceral and stirring, the poems in this collection touch on vastly disparate subjects but are ultimately unified in a singular quest: to inspire those who read them toward kindness, compassion, and questioning.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781647426583
  • ISBN-10: 1647426588
  • Publisher: She Writes Press
  • Publish Date: May 2024
  • Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 88

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