Bodylines by Tereza Joy Kramer

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The archetypal mother reins in literature:kind, gentle, caring, (nearly) divine, nurturing in selflessness until the self disappears.In Bodylines, Tereza Joy Kramer shatters these carefully constructed images of motherhood like so many shards of stained glass; she complicates and enriches what it means to be and see as woman.She holds pieces up to the light, showing us what can be redeemed and what cannot. As poet, she does the hard, brave work of feeling, knowing, and crafting for the reader; do not turn away:”No one / gets to be raw alone.”

–Raina J. León, author of sombra : (dis) locate

 

In these elegant, accessible poems, Tereza Joy Kramer explores the world’s frail beauty and its constantvulnerabilities. This poet is not afraid to engage our emotions, to make ussee the ghosts of past and present, giving us hope but never allowing her poemsto sugarcoat life’s harsher realities. She’s a poet who sees the world steadily, writing of both its maternal joy and its persistent solitude. Read this chapbook for its clear-eyed vision, its practical wisdom, and enjoy the journey Tereza Joy Kramer takes us through in herpoems of candid and complexfemaleexperience.

–Allison Joseph, author of Mercurial

 

 

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Bodylines

by Tereza Joy Kramer

$14.99, paper

Tereza Joy Kramer was a news reporter in Mexico and the U.S. before turning to poetry and an MFA at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as Cicada, The Iguana Review, 103: The Image Warehouse, Re)verb, Little Pear Press’ Regrets Only: Contemporary Poets on the Theme of Regret, Haven Books’ Not a Muse: the inner lives of women, Women Made Gallery’s Her Mark 2004, and Gival Press’ Poetic Voices Without Borders.

 

 

1 review for Bodylines by Tereza Joy Kramer

  1. Tami Hay

    Beautiful, heartfilled work

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