Here: Still Rising

By Phoenix Rainbow Butterfly

These poems rise from the in-between: where light and shadow meet, where grief sits beside joy, and where life's mess becomes a kind of beauty. Phoenix Rainbow Butterfly writes as someone who has carried, reclaimed and discarded labels. A Black Indigenous American, born post-segregation in the Deep South; neurosparky (her term for neurodivergent), disabled, non-binary; yet always reaching toward a deeper belonging that transcends every box. Their work invites readers to pause, breathe, and remember their shared wholeness and collective joy and pain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9375100154
• ISBN13: 9789375100157
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Bookleaf Publishing
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"