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: redemption and restoration

  • on being jabez.

    she named you jabez. when wave, after wave, of searing heat had ripped through her belly and skin. and she, exhausted, could finally hold you in her arms, she looked at you and said, i gave birth to him in pain. call him, jabez. he makes sorrowful. he causes pain. and i often wonder, why?…