<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This newly reenvisioned collection of poetry from author Tricia Monk speaks to vulnerability self empowerment women empowerment community mass incarceration trauma healing the human experience and the black experience. Tricia's works represent in its full extent -the complexity and evolution of both the earthly realm and spiritual realms. This collection of poems explores various subjects experiences and genres. People often say that they see themselves within these printed lines. Life is given a new breath a new perspective that we feel daily but explore rarely. Engage fully in the context of life and accept </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Imperfections of Us </em></strong><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>by</em><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em> Tricia Monk. </em></strong></p>