This debut collection from young poet Terran Bricklin encircles the evergreen "eternities" of loneliness, infatuation, and nostalgia. "I hold our memories close to my chest / like brittle flowers pressed between pages." It begins as a love song for hope-but what happens when that hope threatens to snap under the weight of devastation? Written with sharply original imagery and tender vulnerability, Bricklin invites readers into the inner world of a sixteen-year-old trying to make sense of pain and wonder all at once. He carries us from a cold beach of apathy in the beginning, to a warm, melting sunset by the final page. With every poem he breathes new life into the ephemeral. "Where I come from, we are all born / with cataracts. Where I come from, / the sun is called a myth, the color blue a dream." Through these poems he confronts grief, and the difficult path toward self-acceptance. Breathtaking in its intimacy, Bricklin's poetry proves that the world inside our mind is as tangible as the one outside. "On my sixteenth year, I found ruin, / but I found resurrection. / On my sixteenth year, / I found myself / in love / with the sky." Full of a hope that defies the hopeless, On My Sixteenth Year I Found Myself in Love With the Skyweaves a hypnotic tale of love, loss, and resilience despite it all.
This debut collection from young poet Terran Bricklin encircles the evergreen "eternities" of loneliness, infatuation, and nostalgia. "I hold our memories close to my chest / like brittle flowers pressed between pages." It begins as a love song for hope-but what happens when that hope threatens to snap under the weight of devastation? Written with sharply original imagery and tender vulnerability, Bricklin invites readers into the inner world of a sixteen-year-old trying to make sense of pain and wonder all at once. He carries us from a cold beach of apathy in the beginning, to a warm, melting sunset by the final page. With every poem he breathes new life into the ephemeral. "Where I come from, we are all born / with cataracts. Where I come from, / the sun is called a myth, the color blue a dream." Through these poems he confronts grief, and the difficult path toward self-acceptance. Breathtaking in its intimacy, Bricklin's poetry proves that the world inside our mind is as tangible as the one outside. "On my sixteenth year, I found ruin, / but I found resurrection. / On my sixteenth year, / I found myself / in love / with the sky." Full of a hope that defies the hopeless, On My Sixteenth Year I Found Myself in Love With the Skyweaves a hypnotic tale of love, loss, and resilience despite it all.
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