Wolf Blood

by Darshana Suresh

A collection of 14 poems about coping (in all its different forms).

Extract:

the WOLF who was a GIRL
always liked being larger than
her own body. the MOON
is a small fraction of WOLF GIRL.

Genres: Poetry

24 pages, ebook

First published June 1, 2016

Reviews

[E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

would u still stick around if i told u that
i would be running if i could?

dunno from what, not exactly.

running from either you or this poem
or my mind or my body or my heart, but
r u n n i n g all the same.

I'm rating it 4 ★ because while I really loved some of those there were also a few that were just okay-ish to me. Poerty is kinda hit or miss for me though so it's purely my experience not some deeper analysis.

My faves:
[the title has taken a leave of absence],
i lost my sanity in a game of chess,
when did grocery shopping start hurting so much
& other questions i shouldn’t be asking,
[untitled]

[---------------------------]and look
look here are all the words i can’t say and here
are all the things i am not and all the things i
cannot be and the truth is i am still empty inside
and even after all this hurting and aching and
the pain and the pain i am still empty inside

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[artemis · Rating 4 out of 5]

“[the title has taken a leave of absence]

look, the truth is -

i don’t know what standing still looks like.

been running for as long as
i can remember,

feet pitter-patter pitter-patter against
the ground,

heart thrumming, heart flying,
heart hurting, heart hearting -

it’s okay. it’s fine.

i will finish this poem one day,
but for now i must - - -

[....]”

[erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

i guess it makes sense that my hands really
don’t feel like a part of my body anymore.
it’s the first and last part of me that touched
you, you know?

say i’ve started hurting myself,
as though there was a way to go
on without tearing into my own skin.

[Ankita Gogoi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darshana Suresh's poems always speak to my heart and soul. Beautiful evocative mesh of words.