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A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak.
This microchapbook explores the idea of giving a voice to the inanimate, through imagining a letter written from a person's bed sheets. When I started writing this piece, I was looking at writing a poem distanced from the ‘I’ which I find myself writing most often; I wanted to instead write from the perspective of something that does not have a voice of its own. Sheets are witness to a huge portion of humans’ lives: sleep, sorrow, romance, sex, death, and more. By using this voice I delved into a voyeuristic but gentle observation of a place in which humans are often at their most vulnerable.
Our sheets are primarily places of comfort and solace, but also isolation. I was intrigued by the concept of what people are like when they think nothing is watching – when they are allowed to be their barest self. It may read like a confession or a love letter, and I think to each person it will vary depending on their own relationship with sheets and sleep – one of the few activities all humans partake in. This book is a fragmented narrative, of flashes of actions and images that give us an insight into the person’s life through the moments that they spend in their bed.
Our sheets are primarily places of comfort and solace, but also isolation. I was intrigued by the concept of what people are like when they think nothing is watching – when they are allowed to be their barest self. It may read like a confession or a love letter, and I think to each person it will vary depending on their own relationship with sheets and sleep – one of the few activities all humans partake in. This book is a fragmented narrative, of flashes of actions and images that give us an insight into the person’s life through the moments that they spend in their bed.
10 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2019
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March 13, 2020
Firstly this is a beautiful little book from a small press producing hand made, affordable micro books that focus on new voices. Elizabeth Kemball's poetry collection is a playful and poignant reflection on what our bedsheets might say about us. The poetry is always witty and delivers rich imagery and incite at every turn.
The Micro-chapbook format is a great innovation too, a succession of small pages that allow the poetry to break and build in a way that enhances the reading experience. A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak is an excellent and inspirational example of what the Micro chapbook can achieve.
The Micro-chapbook format is a great innovation too, a succession of small pages that allow the poetry to break and build in a way that enhances the reading experience. A letter from your sheets // if your sheets could speak is an excellent and inspirational example of what the Micro chapbook can achieve.
May 11, 2020
A unique perspective! If you are a fan of the microchapbook format, you will enjoy this book!
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