Poyums Annaw by Len Pennie

Poyums Annaw by Len PennieThere isn't a timescale for how you should heal Your bad days are valid, your heartache is real But so is the day that your smile will return That fire within you continues to burn You will overcome this and continue to thrive You are here, you are loved, you are whole, you're alive. A formidable follow up to her award winning debut poetry collection, Len Pennie's poyums annaw is just like her: defiant, angry and trailblazing. These poems are a call

and there is no back-up plan to establish belonging

Now Wax and Wayne

Death and Taxidermy

as a matter of fact

What do the colours and symbols mean

a queer sex worker in Australia

to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year

In Dream Count

and poses the questions we too often ignore out of awkwardness

Ali is the daughter of a transient man

Ashley's really different: She wears hippie clothes and has multiple earrings

'Â From her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York