Perspectives

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'm tired in a way that sleep can't fix. - Cold Truth</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perspectives: Through the Looking Glass</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> invites the reader to challenge his or her expectations of what makes poetry. Aylah Birks uses a combination of rhyming and free verse poems mini-essays narratives and well-known quotes to help the reader get more from her chapter themes. It is the merging of poetry and personal stories crafted to explore truth and beauty through various perspectives.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Birks would like you to see this as:</span></p><ul><li>an opportunity to question your own beliefs and opinions within the storylines plots and language</li><li>the intersection of racism self-confidence nature and emotion</li><li>an invitation to attempt to better understand the concepts of free speech through the mind-soul connection</li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Poetry is known for its freedom of expression. Through </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perspectives: Through the Looking Glass</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Aylah Birks hopes readers learn to speak and accept their truths while allowing for vulnerability transparency and peace.</span></p>