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Commodore Rookery

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by Christy Lee Barnes
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christy Lee BarnesPublish date:8/22/2025Pages:26
Language:EnglishPublisher:Finishing Line PressISBN-13:9798899901409UPC:9798899901409Book Category:PoetrySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.06 inchesWeight:0.0904Product ID:SCP2PDG03K

Commodore Rookery tells a small story of survival, resilience, and healing. In the wake of a traumatic labor, breastfeeding struggles, postpartum insomnia, and Covid isolation, Barnes finds unexpected solace in taking her infant son on daily visits to the local blue heron colony. Through concise, image-driven poetry, she captures and honors her own early matrescence-the process of becoming a mother-in dreams, fairy tales, daily walks, and 4:00 am feedings. This is not just a postpartum or a pandemic story; it is a story for anyone who's been forced to painfully shed old skin to find a stronger, softer, more brilliant creature beneath.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Finishing Line PressISBN-13:9798899901409UPC:9798899901409Book Category:PoetrySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.06 inchesWeight:0.0904Product ID:SCP2PDG03K
Barnes, Christy Lee: - Christy Lee Barnes is an educator and poet from Los Angeles, now transplanted to Seattle, Washington, where she lives with her husband and son. Her publications include McSweeney's, Spillway, Prairie Schooner, Plume, and Tin House. She has worked as a public school teacher in the Los Angeles area and as a WITS poetry teacher with Seattle Public Schools.
Publisher: Finishing Line Press

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