i shimmer sometimes, too 48 You will be rapt from

You will be rapt from start to finish

we are able to hold onto life

She reveals the raw edge of motherhood with refreshing honesty: “In your smallest months I want to throw you from every window/But I’m lucky: anything will stop me

all she dares to dream for

i shimmer sometimes, too 48 You will be rapt fromPorsha Olayiwola, 2019. These poems dip their hands into the fabric of black womanhood and revel in it. Shimmer establishes Olayiwola firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, celebrating the work done by generations of poets from Audre Lorde to Danez Smith. This is a book of gentle breaking and inventive reconstruction. A book of self and community carethe pursuit of building a world that will not only keep you alive but keep you joyful. Praise