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Feral Woman

Jarringly poetic wisdom from a woman who grew up standing on the back seat of a ’68 Barracuda. Aimee Hope’s poetry bites into quiet slivers of truth of life, and unearths beauty found in sticky shadows, deep below the surface. She dares to go deeper and reveal beneath the chaos of a tumultuous high desert childhood. With words, Hope illustrates the world and people she encounters with a sense of whimsy and at times the gut punch to your heart, riding away bareback to bare her canines and dig deep into her soul.

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In 2025 I met a Sister, Aimee Hope, a seed tossed by my poet Brother, Burt Bradley. Together he and I taught students to see, through writing and drawing. From over 30 years and a distance of over 3,000 miles from where this seed was cast, Aimee Hope’s poetry has reassured me that the art spirit continues to pulse toward the spirit of humanity. And for that I am grateful.

Some of us love the earth because we’ve been grounded by it. Aimee’s poetry is a testament to resilience and the art of turning wounds into wisdom. Pain into beauty. Grit into diamonds. Chaos into great dreams that refuse court orders and labyrinthian borders and any more days free of bentonite between her toes…

Aimee’s work isn’t ordinary poetry. She takes you on an emotional journey baring her teeth along with her soul, in what sometimes feels against your will, at gunpoint. Her essence shines through: poetic, lyrical, dark, sexy, devastating. If her writing had to be defined a style, it could be considered “Marilyn WHAMson”

Meet the Author

Aimee Hope is a feral woman, artist and poet. Having spent her early years at her mother’s feet on newsroom floors listening to the keys of typewriters and carriage release levers furiously clacking out stories; writing is in Hope’s blood. 

Growing up in rural Wyoming near Yellowstone Park, Hope was surrounded by inspiration of the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and the contrast of her liberal mother shaking up a conservative community. Hope took to writing on notebooks, napkins and scraps of paper to make sense of a tumultuous childhood. After attending her first year of college on a creative writing scholarship she won at a high school writing festival, Hope decided to attend nursing school and went on to own a healthcare business for over a decade. She never stopped writing.

Hope’s work has been published in various anthologies  and publications over the years, but Feral Woman is her debut as a serious poet. After spending three decades working as a Registered Nurse, Hope has gathered her spunk and set out to show you how passionate and feral she really is.

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