The Abundance Is Staggering in Flowerland

"we all wanted to be free // as free as she was"In this collection, Cynthia Henebry reminds us that pleasure is not a distraction but rather a way back to ourselves. A map. A protest. A prayer. Poetry is not frivolous; it is freedom in blossom. Breath between battles. Softness that resists. Laughter that endures. These pages celebrate aliveness, awakening, gratitude and humility. These poems offer reverence for the miraculous and the mundane. It is an ode to friendship, to sisterhood, to the sacred art of healing from a place of wholeness. This is a love letter to feeling, to healing, to making a life that feels like your own. A sacred, sensual, slow unfolding, where joy is a tool, a right, and a rebellion. Where pleasure is the point. And freedom? The poet always knew the way...--Heather Mackay Young, author of The Ceilidh House