Thanks to Claire Taylor and Annie Powell Stone for sharing their beautiful, clever, and biting poetry with us. These two gems somehow took their experiences of motherhood + the pandemic, two challenges many of us know too well, and crafted them into language that brought out our every emotion, and reminded us of just how human we are.
The Womb Room: host of gala with poetry readings | The Womb Room
[These two chapbooks] invite readers to witness the interactions between nature and the cityscape, joy and sorrow in our everyday lives and surroundings. Blending self-reflection and observation, these collections of poems offer a meditation on how our lives are shaped and changed by the places and people we call home.
Enoch Pratt Free Library: host of poetry reading event at the Hampden branch | Claire Taylor, fellow poet