A Mountain Of Past Lives & Things I’ve Learned by Skyler Jaye

"Each of the Past-lives, each written into a Mountain its own, also seems to fit into an open hand. I found myself snapping and ooo-ing and mmm-ing along because even black on white paper, the words take a stage."

—Ashley Wylde

“In this debut chapbook, Skyler Jaye shows us how some experiences become boulders we spend lifetimes pushing up the mountain. She lets us in on her Sisyphus-like journey with striking images and a relatable voice that will have you picking up this book again and again.”

—Benjamin Brindise, author of Those Who Favor Fire, Those Who Pray to Fire

These poems would beg your forgiveness if they thought they needed to but don't owe you a damn thing. Maybe they are a handbook on how to let go without forgetting. Home is monster in these poems, a defiant aching, bruises somehow healing.

—Robin Jordan

Skyler Jaye Rutkowski is a poet from Buffalo, NY. Her poetry has been published on-line and in print including: Ghost City Press, My Next Heart: New Buffalo Poetry, and Germ Magazine. She represented her city in the 2017 National Poetry Slam, volunteers at Just Buffalo Literary Center, and runs an open mic series Poetry at Perks. You can usually find her at your local coffee-shop nose deep in a book, planning her latest travel-itinerary, or anywhere she can pet a dog. Find her tweeting about the problems of the world @SkylerJaye23

Book Information:

· Paperback: 44 pages
· Binding: Perfect-Bound
· Publisher: BlazeVOX [books]
· ISBN: 978-1-60964-313-3