Bone, paperback/yrsa daley-ward

“yrsa daley-ward’s bone is a symphony of breaking and mending.

she lays her hands on the pulse of the thing.

an expert storyteller.

of the rarest.

and purest kind.

” —nayyirah waheed, author of salt.

From the celebrated poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, a poignant collection of poems about the heart, life, and the inner self.

  Bone.

Visceral.

Close to.

Stark.

  The poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward’s collection bone are exactly that: reflections on a particular life honed to their essence—so clear and pared-down, they become universal.

  From navigating the oft competing worlds of religion and desire, to balancing society’s expectations with the raw experience of being a woman in the world; from detailing the experiences of growing up as a first generation black British woman, to working through situations of dependence and abuse; from finding solace in the echoing caverns of depression and loss, to exploring the vulnerability and redemption in falling in love, each of the raw and immediate poems in Daley-Ward’s bone resonates to the core of what it means to be human.

  “You will come away bruised.

You will come away bruisedbut this will give you poetry.

” Foreword by Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division.