The opening poem of this collection says “[t]his poem . . . can’t bite” which is demonstrably not so—these poems do bite in enumerating the shortcomings of the world that gives rise to them– these are poems frequently in “survival mode” (to borrow a title from one of the poems) but simultaneously these supple and self-aware poems reach towards a hope that is nearly a faith that one day better options might present themselves. Caroline Hayduk’s is a fresh and distinctive voice.
Christine Gelineau, author of Crave, Appetite for the Divine
Night Bones, “a sheath we wear when we’re too young to know what it is to settle”, refuses to do exactly that: settle. Hayduk’s playful form and unique voice offer a tangible unrest. Bouncing between persona and narrative “I”, there is a speaker that wants, aches, burns, and disrupts the very core of the body and it’s journey in and out of the darkness of “night”, how shame can harden us but also release–and where we can land in all the chaos and joy on our way there.
Henry G. Stanton, publisher/editor UnCollected Press
NIGHT BONES by Caroline Hayduck
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