‘You tell me I am beautiful. What is beauty? Not even a reflection of myself. There are times I want to hit you with such force that you lie there motionless and quite – dead. I have great satisfaction in that fantasy. A sense of achievement in being able to walk away. But in reality I find reasons for not walking away that make my exit much harder… to do.’
– The Trap Feeling
This is Elaine Powell’s first and only collection of poetry, published as part of Tightfisted Poets, a series of cheap, accessible pamphlets produced by women at Commonword.
Speaking in 2019 about her the poems she wrote in the 1980s, Elaine says:
“They are heartfelt poems, they resonate with other people, they are relateable. It’s quite direct, people get it. And I wanted something like that, people could just take something away with them.”
This publication is available as a PDF. Click on the link below to view.
