Frost, by Caroline Eliza

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. In her debut poetry collection, Frost, Caroline Eliza traces the tender terrain of grief, memory, and self-declaration. These poems gather the fragmented echoes of dreams, memory, and quiet Southern charm. With an airy and grounded voice, Eliza honors the lives of women who came before her, weaving their stories into experimental verses that linger in silence as much as in sound. Through each poem, “mother” is brought back into nature, one flurry at a time. During each snowfall, white space is not absence, but presence; fluid and intentional, a mirror to the invisible labor of mourning. Alliteration and negative space become ritualistic acts of remembrance, an eye-opener into the grief that often goes unseen. Frost is dreamlike yet rooted; this collection invites readers to find comfort in between the lines, where memory becomes myth, and identity is discovered in the process. Caroline Eliza is a poet and writer from Asheville, North Carolina, currently completing her degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College with minors in Pre-Law and Poetry. Her creative and academic work explores the intersection of poetry and movement, often blurring the lines between the written word and physical expression. Her work can be found in The Poetry Lighthouse, Bottlecap Press, and Sundress Reads. She is conducting multimodal research with Margot Douaihy, investigating the connection between negative space in poetry and bodily movement to create “Kinetic Poetry.” She will graduate in December 2025 and plans to further her education, continuing to explore the connections between art, advocacy, and embodiment.