Wine-Dark Mother and The Trapper's Son (2nd ed.)

Eight years ago, there were still some broken pieces in the First Edition left to sift through, reimagine and make anew into something stronger than what they were before the breaking. Some poems after the writing felt almost like curses hanging over my head; not the intended purpose, so I tore them from the book, set them alight, and let them float away. Other broken pieces not originally in the book fused together to bend the arc more toward a hard-won healing. I have my loved ones to thank fo