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Climacteric
noun
1.
a critical period or event.
“the first major climacteric in twenty-first-century poetry“
2.
MEDICINE
the period of life when fertility is in decline; (in women) menopause.
“most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric”
“our hair
is coming out in clumps; we are sweeping
it from corners, from beneath the bed,
gathering it into our sleepless nest”
How can we love ourselves at the climacteric of our lives; of the planet?
Jo Bratten’s debut poetry chapbook bubbles with anger and guilt at the failures of both spirit and body and a coming to terms with loss, for the natural passing of loved ones, and the unnatural passing of our planet’s ecosystems. These poems offer solace: you are not alone – “In the fractured dark we’re all doomscrolling/before dawn, lit up like Caravaggios.” They offer the simplest kind of love: the joy that can be found within nature.
Author Biography
Jo’s poetry has been published in Ambit, bath magg, Butcher’s Dog, The Interpreter’s House, The North, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, The Rialto and Under the Radar, amongst others. Originally from the USA, Jo completed a PhD at the University of St Andrews and lives in London. Climacteric is her debut chapbook.
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