Category
Creative and Artistic
Description
A Heart’s Home is a collection of creative poems exploring themes of belonging and grief. The poem “Lunchtime” is a snapshot of the school lunch experience of a child of immigrants. “Of Belonging and Of Not” outlines the personal journey of finding a place to belong and sometimes even having to make that space. “Quiet Life” explores living life with a partner and being a home for that person. “Beautiful People” tells about the beauty of belonging with the right people. “Cleaning House” transitions to exploring grief through cleaning a house caked with years of memories. Lastly, the collection concludes with “After Death,” a poem that dives into the coming to terms with the death of a loved one on a different timeline than others, and processing it long after death, though others seem to moved on. This collection, written through confessional style poetry, explores the realities of grief and belonging that many, including me, hesitate to admit out loud. Confessional poetry has been used as a form of therapy in the past, and the emotions and experiences that inspired these poems are topics sometimes too personal to speak about, so committing them to words became a cathartic means of moving on.
A Heart's Home
Creative and Artistic
A Heart’s Home is a collection of creative poems exploring themes of belonging and grief. The poem “Lunchtime” is a snapshot of the school lunch experience of a child of immigrants. “Of Belonging and Of Not” outlines the personal journey of finding a place to belong and sometimes even having to make that space. “Quiet Life” explores living life with a partner and being a home for that person. “Beautiful People” tells about the beauty of belonging with the right people. “Cleaning House” transitions to exploring grief through cleaning a house caked with years of memories. Lastly, the collection concludes with “After Death,” a poem that dives into the coming to terms with the death of a loved one on a different timeline than others, and processing it long after death, though others seem to moved on. This collection, written through confessional style poetry, explores the realities of grief and belonging that many, including me, hesitate to admit out loud. Confessional poetry has been used as a form of therapy in the past, and the emotions and experiences that inspired these poems are topics sometimes too personal to speak about, so committing them to words became a cathartic means of moving on.
