Sunflower

by Sera Holland

Overview

A collection of poetry detailing a young woman's journey towards self-acceptance after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781667827889
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	04/18/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	714 KB

About the Author

Sera Holland is a poet based in Houston, Texas. During the day, she works as an Urban Forester. During her free time, she devours fiction books, writes poetry, and goes running. She has been writing poetry since she was 7 years old. In 2014, she was awarded a Scholastic Gold Key for her poetry. In 2017, her poem "When the Crows Stopped Calling" was published in the Kinder Institute Journal for Constitutional Democracy. Sunflower is her first major publication.

Table of Contents

Oops 1

Happy Birthday 3

Inflorescence 5

My Brother's Teeth 7

Atacama 9

A Lot Like Growing Up 11

Colorado 13

How to Make a Cup of Coffee 15

Parking Garage 19

Corpse flower 21

Mason 25

Buried 27

Lightning Strike 29

Lightning from the Perspective of Ants 31

Absence 33

Mount Celestial 35

M burning 37

Soul-searching 39

Nurture 41

Codes & Keys 45

Autumn 47

Afterlife 49

Daylight Savings 51

Daisy Chain 53

Columbia 55

Laguna 57

Polycarpic 59

Go Home 61

My Love 63

Nature 65

Sunflower 67

My Therapist Calls This Being Present 69

Balance 71

Stability 73

Not Really the End 75