Chronicling the aftermath of a failed relationship, Kanika Lawton’s Wildfire Heart dances through anger and violence and grief. To read these poems is to take a step into the fire, and relish in the red & the burning.
A powerful collection, these eight poems sting like a lover: they know where the bruises are and cut right to the bone. Lawton is a master of linking words to the aching.
A powerful collection, these eight poems sting like a lover: they know where the bruises are and cut right to the bone. Lawton is a master of linking words to the aching.
"The bright and mellifluous poems in Kanika Lawton's Wildfire Heart only bleed as much as they heal, only sting as much as they soothe. Full of unswerving music and tender ferocity, Wildfire Heart is a study in the most gorgeous kind of contradiction. This book knows how it feels to drown, but more importantly, it will dive after you into the sharpened waves, pull you to shore, kiss you back to life." - Topaz Winters, author of poems for the sound of the sky before thunder and creative director at Half Mystic Press
"Kanika Lawton’s Wildfire Heart is an anthem for anyone who has had their heart shattered and come out to the other side. The specificity of language and situation gives this collection authenticity without being exclusive. Capturing a secret shared between the heartbroken, it invites the reader to look back at a time in their life exhausted by grief and confusion.
Lawton doesn’t shy away from the messy parts, and Wildfire Heart delivers line after line that packs a punch, whether shouted or whispered. It will leave you checking your hands for splinters, and wanting to text your best friend." - Evangeline Sellers, poet, creative writing graduate, and fiction editor of L'Éphémère Review
"Kanika Lawton’s Wildfire Heart is an anthem for anyone who has had their heart shattered and come out to the other side. The specificity of language and situation gives this collection authenticity without being exclusive. Capturing a secret shared between the heartbroken, it invites the reader to look back at a time in their life exhausted by grief and confusion.
Lawton doesn’t shy away from the messy parts, and Wildfire Heart delivers line after line that packs a punch, whether shouted or whispered. It will leave you checking your hands for splinters, and wanting to text your best friend." - Evangeline Sellers, poet, creative writing graduate, and fiction editor of L'Éphémère Review
