Brid

Author: Lauren Shapiro

Publisher: Veliz Books (2024)

Brid by Lauren Shapiro explores motherhood, the dissolution of a marriage, and grief through the lens of a shrinking pandemic space. Through a structure that alternates narrative prose poem passages with lyric poems utilizing space on the page, the form attempts to both compress and expand, mimicking the psychological space of the narrator as she moves through these difficult times. Brid examines how relationships change over time—between children and parents as well as couples, and including the narrator’s own relationship with herself and her body.