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Why Do Birds Sing After It Rains?
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 27 2026
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why Do Birds Sing After It Rains? is a chapbook born in the quiet hours of a life interrupted. Written in the midst of miscarriage, these poems trace the fragile terrain between what was hoped for and what was lost, capturing the rawness of grief alongside the stubborn, flickering pulse of love.
Across spare lines and intimate images, Rachel McBride gathers the pieces of a story that never had the chance to unfold, holding them gently to the light. These poems do not look away from pain, and they refuse to surrender to it. These poems search for meaning in the ache, for tenderness in the breaking, for hope in the spaces where absence lingers.
Both an elegy and an offering, this chapbook invites readers on a profoundly personal journey while opening a broader conversation about the quiet, often unspoken grief of pregnancy loss. It is a testament to the heart's resilience and to the ways we continue to love-even when the story changes.
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