Air Over Bone
Air Over Bone was my first collection of poetry, self published in 2018 as a print book that I have since decided to give it away for free as a PDF. I’m very proud of the poems in this collection of quiet poetry which seeks to unite through the collective experience of heartbreak, redemption, and living in a modern tapestry that seems to be unraveling one sunset thread at a time.
Here you’ll find love.
Here you’ll find anger.
Here you’ll find anguish.
But, maybe in the end, here you’ll find hope.
Reviews:
“…this soul deep collection just arrived! By the wonderful Kelli Anna it is full of revelations about life, love and poetry, and I am only a few pages in! Gentle and wonderful.” – CS Hughes (@cshughes)
“My friend Kelli Driver has a stunning book of poetry out. It’s called Air Over Bone. I’ve been enjoying quiet moments reading her words.” – M. Blake (@whiskeyandpens)
“I recently picked up a copy of Kelli Driver’s new book, Air Over Bone, and it doesn’t disappoint. … She weaves comparisons like a pro, mixing nature into a medley of emotion.” Ashley Jane, from her 5-star Goodreads review (@breathwords)
“I opened it up and intended to read one or two poems and wound up reading the whole thing. I’d think “I’ll have to let Kelli know this is my favorite,” and read another and think, no, this is my favorite! I love the whole book!” – C. Matkin
Poem Samples
You landed like a feather
on my empty page. So
soft and light that
my slightest exhale
moved you. My slight
movement grasped
you where you fell.
Inky hands held your
secrets safe, wrapped
tight in my mother tongue.
from the poem, Flightless
Suddenly knowing
how craving waits
in the mouth as
the flesh of a
juicy cantaloupe,
while hunger lives
deep in the belly
as the gnawing
of a bear at
a steel trap.
from the poem, Air Over Bone
Through the willingness of faith,
through the myths on the wind,
we rewrite these ancient ballads
to speak to the empty black
space between the stars
where we have always
sought our blessings.
from the poem, Sestina in Black
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