Nadia Arioli's Be Still: Poems for Kay Sage begins, fittingly, at the end.
Arioli presents her whole self within these pages, but not without the fear, doubt, hatred, and love that comes with it. At no point do you feel like you're hearing a pandering sob story, you only feel the truth, even when it's hard for Arioli to accept. This is an extremely accurate self-portrait. She displays her beauty in these pages, and the shame that accompanies it. She displays her ugliness, and the wisdom it's given her. In ten years of reading and publishing the work of hundreds of poets, this book has been the most honest self examination I've read, and at the risk of insulting those that I've previously published, by far the best. Through the lens of Kay Sage's paintings, Nadia Arioli has written one of the greatest collections of poems of 2023, and, I believe, what will go down as one of, if not THE greatest collection of the 2020's. Truly a masterpiece that will haunt its readers for the rest of their lives. Be Still: Poems for Kay Sage was published by Kelsay Books and can be purchased at this link.
Some of the poems from this collection were previously published by Blue as an Orange, and can be read at this link.
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