IFF: Balefire by Elizabeth Wilder
Elizabeth Wilder is the author of four poetry collections, and I'm currently reading her book Balefire.
Here's the book description:
Balefire is not only a powerful collection of poetry — it is a signal fire sparked by injustice and reaching for those who ache for a world less hostile, more equitable, and full of sustainable beauty.
The beacon is lit.
Will you answer its call?
Come to the night
Come to the water’s edge
Dip your tired flesh into the ocean where your sorrows feel at home in the salt.
Come to your questions
Come to yourSelf
Do not fear our fire — it is the beacon lit to beckon you home.
Join us here, at the knife edge of the meeting of anger and doubt
We teeter into the void and, in the dark, find our wings —
Balefire is for the unloved, the rightfully angry, the forgotten, and the outcast. It is for the wounded, warming earth. It is for those who refuse to look away, and for those waiting for a sign.
It is time.
Let us begin.
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