A Physique Stuffed With Reminiscence, Need, and A long time of Womanhood

Vase: Daring, sensual, unflinching. Poems of need, love, heartbreak, and the fierce energy of the feminine physique—celebrating what it holds, creates, and provides.

All of a sudden, when confronted with endometrial most cancers, (Sept. 2025), it was as if the archive of my life insisted on being seen. The feminine vessel—the vase that holds a lot, creates a lot, carries a lot—was beneath menace, and with that got here an pressing, electrical readability. My physique spoke. My reminiscence stirred. My coronary heart answered.

Vase , by Writer Patti Friday, is a daring, intimate assortment of poems spanning a long time, exploring need, love, loss, and the fierce, tender energy of the feminine physique. Written in a uncooked, sensual, and generally summary voice, these poems honor the physique as vessel, reminiscence, and supply of creation, whereas tracing the thrill, heartbreaks, and revelations that form a lady’s life. From clandestine youthful encounters to mythic reflections on intimacy, Vase celebrates the fullness of residing, loving, and being totally seen.