Description
In these poems, Kieron Walquist turns a searching gaze toward the ways violence enters ordinary life—through touch, memory, language, and the body’s smallest gestures. With vivid, lyrical intensity, the collection traces the tension between harm and responsibility, asking what it means to witness, to survive, and to live with the consequences of what we do and what we inherit. Across intimate scenes and sharply observed moments, the poems explore themes of complicity, accountability, and the fragile possibility of repair. Walquist’s style blends emotional immediacy with formal craft, creating a work that feels both confrontational and deeply humane.
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paperback
Beacon Press
Published Jan 1, 2025
96 pages
ISBN: 9780807021255
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Details
First Published
2025
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Our Hands Hold Violence: Poems by Kieron Walquist.