liezel graham

author | poet | thread artist

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I am a storyteller and a poet.

I use words and thread, pencil and needle, paper and fabric.

my work is an ongoing conversation with myself.

Tag: marriage

  • first person, singular.

    i was born a fire walker. i did not want to feel the skin blister under my feet; smell the scorched offering that i was forced to become, but the fire still came for me. i had no choice. and i have seen many things burn down into nothing. i have thrown ash into the…