Resurrection of the Ferns, by Sarah Edmonds

Poetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Resurrection of the Ferns is collection of short poems that use nature as a vehicle to contemplate various perspectives on capitalism, (dis)ability, and queerness within “Western” society. The physical body is an object that is constantly criticized and constrained within society—a society that forces us to move, act, and present ourselves in specific ways. This short collection of poems aims to reveal the lived impact of those constraints and, from there, to imagine a better way forward. How can we move forward in a society so determined to keep us stagnant? Resurrection of the Ferns evokes the persistence and abundance of the simple fern to highlight the importance of resistance both as individuals and as communities. All we have is community. If we nurture it, embody it, then it can support us in ways beyond what we’ve ever imagined. Sarah Edmonds is a queer author and filmmaker whose films have screened and won awards at several international film festivals. She has published short fiction, scholarly non-fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry through a variety of outlets and her debut novella, LATE NIGHTS AT FULL MOON RECORDS, was released September 2023 from Thirty West Publishing House. She is also Editor of  the West Trade Review’s Visual Poetics and Editor-in-Chief of For Page & Screen Magazine.