Confrontation, by Camilla MacKay

Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features. This is a chapbook full of emotion–which is to say, it is a short journal overflowing with feelings. The common theme amongst this collection is their origin, which is me. My experiences have resulted in a biblical diary, which you will read after you (fingers crossed) purchase my book. Writing has served as a therapy for me to romantically regurgitate my lessons learned and anxious hypotheticals overthunk. Some of the poems are fiction, some are not, but the factuality of poetry is oftentimes the least interesting and inspiring aspect. Girlhood is a major theme of this chapbook, but framed in a way that won’t burn the eyes of ‘men’ into pink and purple lollipops which is to say, this book is for any and everyone who wishes to indulge. In this chapbook, solitude becomes sanctuary while sweetness becomes bittered by protruding puberty. These poems were written at a time in my life when I was constantly challenging reality with what mo