The berry takes the shape of the bloom : poems
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Vancouver, British Columbia : Talonbooks, 2023.
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Book
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Forks - New Books - Nonfiction - New Books Shelves
811.6 BENNETT
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811.6 BENNETT
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Published
Vancouver, British Columbia : Talonbooks, 2023.
Physical Desc
87 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"The berry takes the shape of the bloom originated as a gesture towards optimism after loss and pain, difficulty and fear. It began as a linear narrative, contented and secure, offering a window into one trans person's life after they felt contented and secure. But in the end these poems, which capture particular moments in time, may recur in any given present: sometimes what surfaces is anxiety or anger, sometimes love or eagerness. Some poems bear witness; others hold grudges or shake free of them. Together, they entwine around enmeshed experiences of gender, family, trans pregnancy, abuse, fear, and becoming: "Before blueberries grow, they grow a bloom that looks like a proto berry. The berry then takes the shape of the bloom that came before it. The berry displaces the bloom that came before it ... My mother bloomed and then I was a wave or a skateboard or a foraging deer. My mother bloomed and I did not displace her in the right way. Did I berry?""--,Provided by publisher.