Heritage Garden, by Vita Duva

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Heritage Garden is a lyrical journey through the tangled roots of lineage and the emotional, spiritual and generational patterns that come with it. In this moving collection of poetry, the author explores how personal experiences - both tender and turbulent - cultivate the person we become. With a voice that is profound and reflective, each poem serves as a seed planted in the soil of the past, blossoming into moments of complexity, transformation and beauty. Written for young adults and general readers alike, Heritage Garden invites you to step into a quiet space where introspection flourishes. Whether you are navigating your own bloodline or simply seeking community through the written word, this chapbook offers a poetic mirror to the human experience - honest, delicate, and deeply rooted. Vita Duva is a freelance journalist, writer and photographer. Her debut poetry chapbook, Sunflowers Will Still Bend was released by Bottlecap Press in 2025. In another life, she studied Shakespeare at St. Clare’s, Oxford. She currently resides on the East Coast with her dog, Pastina. In her spare time, she moonlights as an award-winning gardener. Heritage Garden is her second poetry chapbook.