Tiny Altars: Poems on Grieving and Beholding
Tiny Altars: Poems on Grieving and Beholding is centered around experiences of grief and loss– in both pandemic spaces, and beyond. The poems herein are deeply interested in the grief experience, the way in which it asks to be witnessed and beheld, and the internal conflicts that are presented when we have no witnesses for our grief. Here, words act as witnesses, and they also find the other witnesses in our lives that can emerge when least expected.
These poems are presented in a small hardback edition with tiny sketches throughout. Perfect for gifting to someone who needs upheld.
Layered over the loss and the grief- and a deep understanding of the difficulties of this world —is an incandescence, a stunning wisdom and holiness. Ana Marie Boyd is a powerful voice with a clear view of truth and beauty. The shorter poems in Tiny Altars are reminiscent of the work of Kay Ryan, pithy, brief, forceful and full of meaning. There's also a little of Lucia Perillo in these pages, gorgeous poems of honesty and wonder. A luminous examination of grief and grace…Echoes of Kay Ryan and her brief force, with the honesty and resplendent nature of Lucia Perillo. This collection is dazzling.
Meet the Author
Ana Marie Boyd is a poet, writer, educator, and restorative writing teacher who lives in Eugene, Oregon. A graduate of the University of Oregon, she received her Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in English Literature, psychology, and World Religions. Raised in a multiracial and multigenerational home, her writing proudly incorporates her Spanish-American roots and explores themes around family heritage, collective memory, grief/loss, mental health de-stigmatization, community love, and reckoning. Her poetry and short stories have been featured in Bee Infinite Publishing’s Future Splendor and Glacehouse Books’ A Year of Hygge. Her work has also been included in literary magazines The Bitchin’ Kitsch, All My Relations, Shot Glass Journal, Graffiti Magazine, and was featured in Anti-Heroin Chic Magazine and Gnashing Teeth’s Publishing’s The Cost of Our Baggage. When she is not writing or promoting poetry in her community, she is investing in her passion of grief support group facilitation, adventuring with her rescue cat, and pouring into the people she loves.
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