Book: Rootlines
Author: Kelsey Day
Available On: Amazon
Language: English
Rating: 5/5
Rootlines is a poetry collection penned by the author Kelsey Day. It is a poetry collection by a queer, neurodivergent woman living in the mountains of Appalachia.
Few of my favorite poems from the collection are: “bread & wine & the body”, morning, afterlife, etc. Pretty illustrations with few poems caught my attention. Below lines from the titular poem “rootlines” are amazing:
beneath the urgent floods
the honeyed stones and braids of chrysalis
beneath the nest of wild grass and shed talons,
the churning beasts are not sleeping.
I spot them on a walk with my family.
my body rushes to fill itself.
roots rumble under the pavement, snarling bike chains
catch between my fingers—see the bent paperbacks, the
flecked lenses, the plunging shortcuts through the trees
Written in 84 pages, this poetry collection could be read in a single sitting. I liked the cover photo of the book and the title is suitable. The poems in this collection are based in place. Through this book, authors has made the readers aware that Appalachia as we know it today has been built on a stolen land. I like to recommend this poetry book to avid poetry lovers.
Book Is Available On Amazon
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