A Memoir: Life in Poetry

By MéShelle Fae

In her debut poetry collection, fantasy author MéShelle Fae takes readers and enthusiasts on an autobiographical journey to share the lessons and moments that have most influenced and shaped her. Within her poetry, which reflects her unique voice by using diverse styles and forms, she explores questions and ideas that many find themselves ponder

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Writers' Block
• Release date: May 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9780578750798

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A MEMOIR

Copyright © 2020 by MéShelle Fae

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

First Printing, 2020

ISBN: 978-0-5787507-9-8 (e-book)

To: Mom & Dad & Teddy

CONTENTS

Dedication

Preface

I

Space

Am I Woman?

Black Like Me

Daughter Of Prometheus

I Belong To America

Mermaid Tails: A Pantoum

Black Love

Chicken Little

II

Family

Momma's Pride

Daddy's Girl

Documentary Of Divorce

Sonnet 1: Sisterhood

III

Love

When We Make It

Beauty And The Beast

Worthless

IV

Life & Death

I Have No Fear Of The One Called Death

The Graveyard Is My Favorite Place

Freedom

Southern Fried Haiku

My Disney Manifesto

The Elegy I Should Have Written

V

Legacy

Letter From The Bridge Builder

On Owning A Business

I Also Dream A World: A Response To Langston Hughes

A Teacher's Heart

A Letter To My Stars

Acknowledgements

About The Poet

PREFACE

Writing this poetry collection was hard.

A memoir is best defined as a collection of memories (or the retelling of an event) that has enough bearing on someone's life that they felt the need and desire to tell other people. Memoirs oftentimes have more impact than autobiographies because of their brevity and poignancy. They have a focus. They offer some kind of clarity. Each story, or moment, is carefully chosen to deliver an audience one message, much like each finger is carefully curled to deliver one punch. I believe that I succeeded in delivering that punch. Sometimes, it was an unwanted jab straight to my gut. At other times, it was a mighty blow to the heaviest burdens I was still choosing to carry around.

I’ve been blessed with