Purge & Bloom

<p><em>Purge & Bloom</em> is a narrative reflective of processing growth and being human. Decker's debut poetry chapbook is a powerful balance of light and dark encompassing all the connotations that come with it in its two carefully garnered sections. While its first section <em>Purge</em> holds space for expressing and processing incredibly difficult life experiences dealing with mental health struggles love and relationships its counterpart <em>Bloom</em> contains poems representing growth renewal and hope. The pieces are curated so that some of the work from <em>Bloom</em> is a response or rebuttal to its numbered counterpart in <em>Purge</em> delving further into a world of duality self-awareness and the healthy power that notion can wield.</p>