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Set in rural southern Indiana in the '50s to '70s, these poems tell the story of a complex family dynamic. This debut collection blends Bible images, authentic dialogue, and powerful natural forces to relay the effects of family trauma and mental illness.

On the wings of eagles flies his love. Upon their foreheads he puts a sign, each one unique, invisible in design. These, Father, belong to me. Their names shall be written by my blood into the Book of Lamb’s Holy Love. Jezebel, whom Ahab chose to make his queen; did he have any say in that arrangement, anyway? Outside Jezebel is sweet, soft petals, rose red and comfortable in bed. Within her being is a serpent thing. A satanic unction desires to rape and destroy all things good that will not give her power. She serves Baal faithfully week to week, hour to hour.

She didn’t protect her daughter, yet she saved her life. Find out how in her poem, I Forgive You, and how author Heather Omara Reese overcame sexual trauma and life-changing adversity through the healing power of art and her faith.

Tammy Henson has been in the fire of trials, battling for freedom from her past and her generational line. It has been a journey of cutting ties, breaking ties in the soul, and renouncing contracts and agreements. It involved going to heaven's court to remove and dismantle powers that had a hold on her mind and her soul and receiving revelation on her ancestor's sins to break the curses that have been in her blood line for generations.