Wholesale Slowburn, by Alivia Stonier

Poetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Slowburn takes you through what it’s like to be lit aflame and snuffed out again. Instinctive yet erratic the writing guides you through the smoke and mirrors of surrender and leads you out again. Gnashing teeth, skin pulled back, and guts gone sour the collection is an exploration of intimacy when trusted in the wrong hands and words in the wrong ears. A collision of metal, a Tennis match played alone, and twigs grown only to burn, this collection is a flame growing slowly and a question of how to not go down in flames. Alivia Stonier (she/her) is a contemporary poet from Connecticut. She enjoys using her poetry as a means to explore personal topics and musings.