Circle the Bones with Shining by Andréana Elise
$19.99
“To read Circle the Bones with Shining is to be swept into a swath of life at its most breathtaking—life eclipsed in shadow, life in all its radiance. The alchemy of grief and epiphany, infused with a love that can’t be broken, casts a spell, one that lingers long after the last word, the last image, is absorbed.”
–Barbara Mahany, journalist and author of Motherprayer: Lessons in Loving, and Slowing Time: Seeing the Sacred Outside Your Kitchen Door
“In this pulsating prayer, the rhythms of life and death are held in close accord across space, time, this world and the next. I am stunned by the tension and beauty that flow from Andréana’s pen. Her tonal shifts rattle, startle the senses, then lull into hypnotic measure before renewing the strike with a quickening note. Experiencing the world through her sensitive and discerning voice is sheer joy!”
–Helen Butler, artist, educator, and author of Mirror Bright: Reflecting the Good in Community through Performance
“Circling the Bones with Shining is not only a stirring elegy for a beloved mother, it is a call to the divine feminine to touch the world with healing grace. It is a prayer and plea for intimacy—between body and soul, self and other, God and creation. When Andréana Elise speaks, you must listen—and be changed.”
–Sandra Lynn Hutchison, editor in chief of Elixir Journal, and author of Chinese Brushstrokes and The Art of Nesting
Description
Circle the Bones with Shining
by Andréana Elise
$19.99, Full-length, paper
978-1-64662-803-2
2022
Andréana Elise is a poet, essayist, educator, and community grower. Traveling between countries and cultures, she works to end cycles of violence, heal trauma, and embody justice through freeing the voice. She teaches creative writing in jails and recovery programs, and collaborates with artists and activists of all backgrounds, creating spaces of refuge for the human spirit: www.andreana-elise.com
Cover Art ©Beth Yazhari, Radiant Orb
Dr. Elena Mustakova –
Circle the Bones with Shining is an exquisite collection, a soul-stirring eulogy to the deepest relationship of all on this complicated physical plane – the visceral mother-daughter bond. These poems express the intergenerational continuity of love, grief, memory, and compassion across lifetimes.
With words that speak straight to the core, Andreana Lefton captures the ineffable encounter between two souls, each struggling to transcend the limitations of matter and seeing the utter precariousness of the other’s life with the eye of spirit. A subtle poetic dance between two perspectives captures mother and daughter engaged in the ultimate I-Thou relationship – a dance between bounded and boundless in the life journeys of two women on the edge between worlds.
What a gift to be able to see this way, deeply, to the essence, where soul stirs and lights up the seemingly real flesh. One is left with a hauntingly deeper sense of reality, a vision of the dance between light and darkness that life is … and a deep sense of the eternity of spirit.
Masterful and unforgettable.
Dr. Elena Mustakova, Author, Global Unitive Healing: Integral Skills for Personal and Collective Transformation