The Crease of Denial

The Crease of Denial by The Aura of Arcana: >Threaded through are themes of historical amnesia, racialised grief, state-sanctioned violence, gendered erasure, queer invisibility, and the brutal poetry of survival when even existence becomes a protest. What makes "The Crease of Denial" different? >You won't find prettified politics here. You'll find a desk turned altar in a bombed classroom. A mother licking salt from a dead child's skin. Grief that bleeds through spreadsheets. State reports that rhyme with silence. Love that survives migration, not romance. >Each poem is followed by a "Behind the Lines" reflection - not as explanation, but as witness. These notes bring you into the process: the images that haunted, the stories censored, the laws weaponised. It's poetry paired with testimony - a reading experience more vigil than performance. This book is for: - The ones who were told the archive held no room for their grief - The ones who wake with a scream they never got to voice - The ones whose memory is a protest >Author Background: >If you're looking for verses that name what the news forgets, and if your grief demands honesty, not comfort - The Crease of Denial is waiting. Don't fold the page. Read it aloud. >Disclaimer: This digital product was created with the assistance of AI tools to support the writing and development process. The final content has been carefully reviewed, edited, and approved by me.

Pages: 276, Paperback, Independently published