The Bones Below: Poems by Sierra Demulder

by Sierra Demulder

Overview

A clear voice of her generation, Sierra DeMulder's writing offers a gritty yet sincere perspective on the dichotomy of living; pain coupled with joy.

This collection delicately carries the reader to a place of brutal, beautiful honesty. DeMulder's personal revelations complete a touching portrait of the artist and her fearless exploration of the human experience, bare in its rawest and most tender forms.

Praise

"Sierra DeMulder possesses the most important quality a young writer can have, a unique voice. That voice exploded onto the national spoken word scene, moving her rapidly up the ranks as one of the most exciting performance poets working today. Sierra uses subtlety and tension the way photographers use angle. She will eat your heart with a spoon."

- Karen Finnyfrock"...violently passionate and sweet, deftly moving between the two modes."

- The Lamron, SUNY Geneseo"...intensely personal."

- Huffington Post

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984251537
Publisher:	Write Bloody Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2010
Pages:	82
Sales rank:	631,475
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Sierra DeMulder is a Pushcart-nominated touring performance poet. In 2009 she won the National Poetry Slam, was awarded Best Female Poet at College Union Poetry Slam Invitational, and ranked 9th at the Individual World Poetry Slam. In 2010 she made the Finals Stage at the Women of the World Individual Poetry Slam. DeMulder is a member of the Intangible Spoken Word Collective and an active member in her local poetry community in St Paul, MN and holding writing workshops at women's centers, homeless shelters and prisons. She has been trying not to trip since 1986.

Read an Excerpt

AT FIRST SIGHT

When she stops kissing you
with her mouth open,
find the screw driver.

Buy a newly cut shank of beef.
Leave so much blood in the kitchen
she has to ask what happened.

When she no longer calls you baby,
hide all the silverware
between the couch cushions.

Send her there to sleep.
If she does not complain,
let the sinks in the bathroom overflow.

Bake the wedding photos
in the dryer. Stand in
the middle of your flood.

Call her name backwards, forwards.
Wave your arms like your chest is a runway.
She is the plane you are crashing.

When she does not reach
for you, pretend
it is the first time

you've met.

Editorial Reviews

"DeMulder possesses the most important quality a young writer can have, a unique voice. That voice exploded onto the national poetry scene. Sierra uses subtlety and tension the way photographers use angle. She will eat your heart out with a spoon."

-Karen Finneyfrock

"...DeMulder is intensely personal."

- Huffington Post

"...violently passionate and sweet, deftly moving between the two modes."

- The Lamron, New Journal of SUNY Geneseo

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