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sipèstisyon

sipèstisyon

Paperback

AbuseGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1946303151
ISBN13: 9781946303158
Publisher: YesYes Books
Published: Jun 16 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.75 Depth: 7.25
Language: English

sipèstisyon unflinchingly navigates generational trauma, migration, and spirituality. In this powerful debut, Haitian-American poet Mckendy Fils-Aimé examines wounds left by abuse, familial estrangement, and racial violence. Through the lens of Haitian superstitions, sipèstisyon explores the imperfect and non-linear nature of healing. These poems don't pretend that moving on is as simple as moving on. They know that mending a wound requires understanding its shape and origin and that confrontation is sometimes necessary. In each poem, sipèstisyon asks which is louder: the sound of our ache or the call to forgive?

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