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We shed our skin like dynamite /

"We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite is collection of 48 poems, divided into 3 sections of 16 poems each. It is about the development of identity in your early adulthood. What do you let define you? What do you retain, and what do you let go of? It is about seeking answers in other people, unhealthy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clayton, Conyer (Author)
Other Authors: Wolff, Elana (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:First poets series (Toronto, Ont.) ; 20.
Subjects:
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Poetry.
Poetry.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: I. Seeds
  • Blackout
  • Full Sunlight
  • Mud Relish
  • Recoil
  • Dock Drunk
  • Intake
  • Unpopular Knowledge
  • Skin Shield
  • Broken Leaf
  • Tending Towards the Fall
  • Bone Bed
  • Home
  • Trace
  • Amber
  • After Green Is Gold
  • Shower
  • II. Trap
  • Southern Belle
  • Neighbours
  • Burning
  • Distracted Backs
  • Setting an Alarm
  • Lid
  • United Air
  • This Is the Bandage
  • Buildup
  • We Hit the Mattress
  • Swallow the Seeds
  • Bug-Eyed
  • I Can Finally See You
  • Convinced
  • A Month and a Year
  • Etiquette
  • Family History
  • What You Actually Lost
  • III. Instructional
  • You May Not Reach 65
  • Sleep Breathes
  • Goodwill Mug
  • Suddenly Empty Spaces
  • A Record on Repeat
  • I Deal With It
  • The Screen Comes Off Easily
  • The Sky Has to Cool at Some Point
  • Reach into the Hollows
  • Over from the Start
  • Recurrent
  • How We Burn
  • Sediments.