Poetry
Monsterhood
A coming-of-age poetry anthology, 17 years in the making. These 115 poems are an exploration of trauma and its necessity as a stepping stone to wisdom and compassion. Monsterhood autobiographically catalogues a metamorphosis from unstable monster to unflappable woman.
Excerpt from "Descent"
Your unmarked grave is a landmine
I watched water boil
You built walls around yourself
too gradually to notice
A dungeon of your own construction
Your descent was too subtle too see
Too inconspicuous to cause pause
You were a persimmon on my palette
Sweet tang and sour pang
Like all delicious things you rotted quickly
Cora Poe 2020