Paper Cuts
PAPER CUTS is for poetry addicts, people new to poetry, and for anyone
who loves the aesthetic beauty of the written word. In short, this
collection is for everyone, connected as we all are as human beings, who
feel and live deeply, where each page, each line, each word cuts into
the heart, but not as to leave a wound unhealed.
Like skin
exposed to the elements whose layers become more beautiful, textured,
and interesting the more vulnerable one allows, so too does poetry. It
isn’t just inked or typed onto paper, but it is cut from the blood of
one’s soul. Through an examination of all life’s moments of
vulnerability, people can and do endure: From pain can come love; from
boredom can come romance; from darkness can come light; and from
dullness can come the vivid color of sensuality. This collection, then,
provides insight into what a paper cut means for our hearts and souls
and, ultimately, how they are healed. It is a realization that the
deepest part of human existence is just brimming right below the
surface, and if we let it, we can live and feel fully.
They say
that when the heart physically breaks there is a flow of both blood and
water. These eight diverse poets explore the attrition, fatigue, and
water and blood that come from myriad paper cuts, and teach us: We bleed
but do not die.
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