Counterweights

By Kestral Gaian

Travel and stillness. Material objects and abstract creation. Counterweights, Kestral Gaian's first solo collection,
is a look into the duality of the world around us.

Split into three sections - Concavity, Convexity, and Complexity - and with recurrent themes of illness and beauty living side-by-side, this book explores the ideas of love being h

• Language: English
• Publisher: Reconnecting Rainbows
• Release date: Aug 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781838342548

Kestral Gaian

Kestral Gaian has written poetry since she was six years old, although only really learned to spell once she'd turned twelve. With credits spanning stage, screen, and young-adult fiction, her poetry is a funny-yet-gritty look at the various worlds in which she's lived.

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Counterweights

Counterweights

Counterweights

Kestral Gaian

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Contents

Counterweights

Barriers

The Bridge

Thoughts on Take-Off

Horizon

Tunnel

Easy Jetting

Borrowed Paper

This Is Not Britain

Waendel

The Broken Bow

Into The River

Pied Pipers

Hello, World.

5th to Center

Six Seconds

Survival

Redundancy

Remnants

Looking Back

Change

Dawn Chorus

Shine

Chlorine

Crossroads

A Patriot's Act

Some Things

Left With Nothing

What Do They See?

Nothing is Untouched

Afraid of the Familiar

Simply Beautiful

Puppet

Echelons of Adulthood

In The Dark

Writing Poems Whilst Intoxicated Is Fun

Wake Up

Something Wonderful

Timing

Love and Hope

Sometimes

Why

Writer's Block

Routine

Comprehending Life

First World Problems

Eight of Diamonds

Disorder

Still

Mimic

Rusty Knife

What Next?

My life is...

Human Haiku

Birds and Humans

You Know Who You Are

The Topher Lesson

Revolution

This Page

I Don't Know Why

The Belle Epoch

The Old Lady at Breakfast

Walking Through Austria

I Hate 'Yes Men'

Sleeping Face

Comic Sans

Some People

Bad Light

The Irony of The Humans

We Met on The Train

Your Friend Always

Not Alone

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ISBN: 9781838342531

First Edition Published 2016

Second Edition Published 2022

This book’s cover and chapter artwork were created for this publication by Malin Berg. You can find