Stripped, is Liezel Graham's debut collection of poetry.
Graham writes with a raw, authentic voice inviting the reader on a journey of healing to arrive at a place of being at home in their skin.
Her words are a rich balm shining dignity and truth in dark places.
Broken, brave, beautiful and with a soulful joy that feels like a rebellion, this is a book of poems to treasure.
if the silver birch
when autumn whispers,
can undress herself,
discarding all that no longer has life,
laying bare the starkness of her bones
without a thought for any opinion.
then so shall i.
- stripped.