Gabriela Marie Milton says poignantly of this anthology, “The strength of this poetry collection is the capacity of its authors to blur the line between childhood and adulthood. Whether the authors talk about joyful memories, or sadly abusive childhood, the effect is stunning. We do not know anymore where childhood stops, and adulthood starts . . . These breathtaking poems have their own energy, an energy that continuously echoes in one’s soul, and it sends shivers down the spine of the reader. There is a freshness about them, freshness in front of which the strive for better formulations ends up in patheticism . . . There are emblematic poets who sometimes consciously allowed for small degrees of clumsiness – here and there – in their poems in order to preserve the authenticity of the feelings.”
About my poem
My poem seeks to capture the experience of childhood through the lens of adulthood. It serves as a contrast between who I was and who I am now, as well as a reminder that what we were continuously informs who we are.
The following is a short excerpt of my poem, Co-Existence, published in the Hidden in Childhood anthology.
I run with the deer while she
Sits and polishes her fingers pretty
Spinning yarn.
I bathe in the
Lyrical creek while she
Develops lithe muscle lugging pails
From the well.
I rake my hair with shed stag horns
While she accepts daintily an
Ivory comb bought with the last
Gold coin from her mother’s dowry . . .
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