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loving my salt-drenched bones
We don’t overcome trauma. We learn to live with how it shaped us.
In loving my salt-drenched bones, karo ska, a bi-racial survivor of child sexual abuse, is not afraid to tackle the topics we rarely talk about — anxiety, depression, suicide, racism, grief. Ska invites us to swim through the tumultuous rivers of healing and asks that we fall in love with our vulnerabilities. Through striking images and poignant metaphors, ska shows us the power of being our true, authentic selves.
In loving my salt-drenched bones, karo ska, a bi-racial survivor of child sexual abuse, is not afraid to tackle the topics we rarely talk about — anxiety, depression, suicide, racism, grief. Ska invites us to swim through the tumultuous rivers of healing and asks that we fall in love with our vulnerabilities. Through striking images and poignant metaphors, ska shows us the power of being our true, authentic selves.
- GenresPoetry
159 pages, Paperback
First published February 23, 2022
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October 20, 2022
oh wow. this poetry collection was beautiful and it hurt so much at the same time. i loved/was hurt by all the painful poems about the relationship we have with our parents, espeically the poems about one's mother. i loved every poem in the first section labelled "scapula" but "on forgiving our mothers" made me cry.
in "clavicle", "rest in peace, sleep" and "i dream of dying" were my favorite of favorites.
but the best poem, in my opinion, has to be " fill my bowl with a caesura salad" as it is shaped like a bowl and you can read it from top to bottom or bottom to top and both ways are like. wow. I'm still in awe how they wrote it that way.
honestly, all the poems in this book are worth it. I can't pick a true favorite, but you will be in awe, you will be in pain. there are some trigger warnings in this book like child sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, self-injury, depression, anxiety, PTSD, non-con sexual encounters, alcohol abuse, police violence and racism. this is a dark book, but it is also one of healing.
in "clavicle", "rest in peace, sleep" and "i dream of dying" were my favorite of favorites.
but the best poem, in my opinion, has to be " fill my bowl with a caesura salad" as it is shaped like a bowl and you can read it from top to bottom or bottom to top and both ways are like. wow. I'm still in awe how they wrote it that way.
honestly, all the poems in this book are worth it. I can't pick a true favorite, but you will be in awe, you will be in pain. there are some trigger warnings in this book like child sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, self-injury, depression, anxiety, PTSD, non-con sexual encounters, alcohol abuse, police violence and racism. this is a dark book, but it is also one of healing.
March 7, 2022
If you're looking to put a manuscript together, here is the blueprint. The only bad thing is that this feels like two manuscripts! But, that also means, two books for the price of one, so why complain? Some heavy subjects in here, but easy to read. (If you ever see this person doing a workshop, take it)!
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