The Way We Hold On
- Publisher
- Pottersfield Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2018
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781988286273
- Publish Date
- Mar 2018
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
The Way We Hold On is Abena Beloved Green's debut book of poetry. Her poems address cultural, social, and environmental issues, relationships, and reflect on everyday life as a small-town raised, semi-nomadic, first-generation Canadian. Here are poems about holding on and letting go—of ideas, opinions, beliefs, people, places, and things.
About the author
Abena Beloved Green (Abena A. Tuffour) is a poet, writer, and dancer who seeks to create, engage, and elevate through words and movement. She teaches people to write stories of their own through workshops and coaching. Her first book of poetry, The Way We Hold On was published by Pottersfield Press. Raised in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Abena now resides in Eastern Ontario with her family.
Excerpt: The Way We Hold On (by (author) Abena Beloved Green)
I have many more questions to ask,
but our conversations have an appetite
that does not respect the body's need to sleep.
They are ill-suited for the obligations of this life—
for the 6 a.m.s, the breakfast, the ironing, the making of bed.
All there is time for is a quick morning prayer with bowed head
because Lord knows you know better
than to stay up 'til ungodly hours shadowing constellations.