What Blooms in the Dark

Abstract

This manuscript was born underground. Following an obsession with roots and soil, these poems appeared one by one—as if pushing up from single seeds, surrounded in dampness. This collection of poetry is one that dives into the personal shadow’s archive of past selves. It teems with spirits, both human and natural. It descends into the dark necessarily, as a precursive measure of arching back up for the light; it honors the violence and the beauty within both. Its purpose is to trace a journey of release, return, and rebirth; to witness the divine’s hand in each cycle of growth.