Holds Up When Shattered - Merri Andrew

It’s how persons grow while sleeping
Like scabs have no feeling
But cover the skin-to-be
(It will feel later)

It’s how this person must always
Be incapable try to make dinner
Time this normality
(Can she do it?)

Child World

In Holds Up When Shattered, Andrew writes into the breaking that comes with adulthood, the hard rush of insecurity and disorientation that fills in the corners when we leave child behind. These are poems of love, strength, a search and tentative finding of self. Andrew’s eye for beauty and hope in all the small moments guides us through the turmoil of motherhood, marriage, and the building of home.

Release Date: April 8, 2024
ISBN: 979-8-9897695-3-7
32 Pages

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