soft magic

By Upile Chisala

Told in five parts, soft magic is a shared healing journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Feb 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781524852214

Book preview

For Ruth.

For Eunice, Veronica, Lestina, and Maggie.

It was your love. Your love was the magic.

Maybe this is all the beginning you need,

even if it’s poorly held together,

made with bare hands,

passed down many times over.

This is still a start, darling,

and you fought for it.

I am dripping melanin and honey.

I am black without apology.

Get in the habit of celebrating yourself

from skin to marrow.

You are magic.

Today and all days, 

I am thankful for women of color

who love/write/create/emote 

from the root

and never 

apologize for their magic.

I want to think that God smiles

when a black woman is brave enough

to love herself.

Child of color on a

Reviews for soft magic

[Stephanie Lamb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Upile Chisala is my favourite poet. Her work is profoundly healing, satisfyingly simple and wholly comforting across time and space. Thank you Upile, for being a stellar example of how artists can also be healers ❤️❤️❤️

[Natasha ng'ambi · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read this beautiful book in one sitting. Such beautiful words every woman needs to read

[Kryštof Kocur · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very powerful book full of great short poems.
As motivational it is, it is also full of truths about life as a person of color and the struggles they face daily.

Loved it so much!