Talk Therapy by Angel-Clare Linton
They say not to let your heart bleed onto the pages, but here I am doing it anyway.
When my well is overflowing with star-covered words, my fingers bleed them out. They implant themselves on white or cream paper, crying out, wanting to be heard like a hungry child in the middle of the night. But then the words flutter away like a cabbage white butterfly during Spring.
They’re supposed to come back. I need them to come back.
Talk Therapy is an open letter that captures a sliver of what it’s like living with a mind that’s a black monster. Talk Therapy is also Angel-Clare Linton’s second poetry collection.
About the Poet
Angel-Clare Linton is a poet, writer, editor, publisher, and the founder of Spray Paint Magazine. She also graduated from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing, where she was also the previous co-president of the Kwantlen Creative Writing Guild and the poetry editor of the school’s magazine, pulpMAG.
She is also Surrey Muse’s Web Content Editor and was the social media coordinator and web editor at Delta Literary Arts Society, where she previously read at their 2023 Unbound Poetry Festival and their 2024 COMPOSED Festival of Poetry and Writing.
Publication Date: December 1st, 2023
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7387049-9-6
PDF ISBN: 978-1-998214-01-3
Genre: Poetry