Word Bath

By Kassie Duke

Word Bath is a new collection of poems to read tucked in that small corner of the room, nestled in a favorite chair, at the end of a long day. A departure from the heartwrenching variety of verse, it's a short, sweet walk through the mind of a writer as she puts pen to paper and finds simple joys in the wonder of words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kassie Duke
• Release date: Jan 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9780578347462

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TitlePage

Contents

Title Page

Epigraph

Not About Love

Not About Loss

Not About Lemons

Epilogue

Copyright

Life is titleless, she thought, lying under the oak.

Yes, that’s the sort of ~deep~ thing they mean.

A bird bustled above.

This is going to take all of my energy, isn’t it?

She was speaking only to the air.

"I want to bathe in all of this… but how?

And why would anyone listen?"

Her soles grew warm in the sun.

Bird

i.

Not About Love

Glyph

She said to herself,

I think I’ll sit here awhile... and think about something else.

And the wind whispered back, What an idea.

In a while, I won’t be ice anymore;

able to melt with the murmur of a warm breath.

I’ll be