In Bruises We Bloom
By TipsyLit
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In a collection that focuses on the struggle that is self-acceptance, poet Jada Yee lays out her words like rose petals on the page - both timid and powerful. From the quiet, careful hurricane of "Lines" ("Beyond medicated glass / things are pretend / things, less rehearsed") to the beautiful, simplistic nature of a poet at work in "An Artist Will Understand" ("but that first ordinary, marvelous brushstroke across the canvas... / that elegant motion of a match as I light it for a candle... / that’s what it’s like to recover my heart."), In Bruises We Bloom packs emotion with a punch that leaves us stinging in the best way.
