Praying nakedly

Meditations on grief and coming to terms with being unholy and human Paperback I left a very convincing suicide note in the chrysanthemums How I love pollen my sticky fingers This collection ripped my heart out and planted it on a highway median and now i m made of foxglove and honeysuckle Paperback Lovelovelove this So many poems I wish I d written Paperback fantastic i love katie very much she mentored me when i was a teenager and has been instrumental to my understanding of poetry and how it s written this book is beautiful the title reminds me of a poem katie introduced me to praying drunk by andrew hudgins there is here such careful exploration of desire.

Praying nakedd gun

3. Praying nakedd gun 5 s collection of eroticism shame and fear paired w such ruthless abandon Paperback Through language both reverent and reckless Katie Condon s debut collection renders the body a hymn Praying Naked is Eden in the midst of the fall the meat of the apple sweet as sex In this collection God is a hopeless and dangerous flirt mothers die and are resurrected and disappointing lovers run like hell for the margins With effortless swagger and confessional candor Condon lays bare the thrill of lust and its subsequent shame In poems brimming with the desire to be desired by men by God by lovers other women by oneself she renders a world in which wildflowers are coated in ash and dark bedrooms flicker with the blue light of longing The speaker implores like an undressed wound is it wrong to feel a hurt kind of beautiful Ecstatic and incisive Praying Naked is a daring sexual and spiritual reckoning by a breathtaking new poet Praying NakedThis book of poems offers a glimpse into the thoughts of one Katie Condon An amazing collection of feelings and lines that I wish I had written myself I see myself reading this book over and over. Praying nakedd gun A few favorites Desire is a Sickness To an Ex Lover s Daughter and Vow Paperback Katie s humor and swagger shines through these plainspoken in the best way conversational lyric poems I found myself carried in moments like Carnation daisy lavender lately the lavender of late and being pleased under the moon which was cliche until just now when I reclaimed the moon You ll read this book and laugh and snag your heart in your chest then find another moment to exhale with a little joy in your step Paperback I used to write poetry before Katie Condon intuited all my words wrapped them in a pink cover and gave me all the poems I wanted to hear I hope she publishes again soon Paperback Loved On the seventh Katie Condon an American We Need to Talk Timestamps How to Know the Wildflowers To Every Woman Kept a Secret To an Ex Lover s Daughter Desire Is a Sickness Paperback the Lord should not have made women so beautiful Look at us Even we are stripped of our bodies reduced the prayers This is one of the most freeing poetry collections I have read in terms of women s bodies sexuality and reclamation I feel empowered by the badassery directness and humanity of it Praying Naked isholy shit goodEvery damn poem Wow Paperback