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I Will Get Up Off of

I Will Get Up Off of

Banu, Simina

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General Poetry

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ISBN10: 1552454819
ISBN13: 9781552454817
Publisher: Coach House Books
Published: Jun 28 2024
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Overthinking simple actions leads to overwhelming poems about what one can lean on if promised help doesn't help


I Will Get Up Off Of is a book about trying to leave a chair. How does anyone ever leave a chair? There are so many muscles involved - so many tarot cards, coats, meds, McNuggets, and memes. In this book, poems are attempts and failures at movement as the speaker navigates her anxiety and depression in whatever way she can, looking for hope from social workers on Zoom, wellness influencers, and psychics alike. Eventually, the poems explode in frustration, splintering into various art forms as attempts at expression become more and more desperate. What is there to lean on when avenues promising help don't help? I Will Get Up Off Of explores the role art plays in survival and the hope that underlies any creative impulse.

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