Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo illness and loss into rites

illness and loss into rites of passage

draws a bull’s-eye on humanity’s vulnerable flesh and corrupted world

the terrible isolation of contemporary life – and the live-streamed

The follow up to I Am The Seed that Grew the Tree

Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo illness and loss into ritesJane Burns new poetry collection Be Feared is a captivating reclamation of self, sisterhood, and love, encountering everything from Snow White to monsters, plagues and infernos. Acknowledging fear, this book embraces discovery, a process of translation and transformation, of finding a voice radiant with both curses and psalms. Rebellious, bloody, and encroached upon by violence, Burns poetry examines survival, abuse and healing. Intensely imaginative,