My Head Can Feel the Vibrating . . . by Tessy Ward

Through the use of traditional and prose poems, Tessy Ward’s My Head Can Feel the Vibrating of a Full Heartbeat Through a Chest That Is Neither Hollow Nor Dark creates haunting imagery about the supposed intimacy of the body. Ward blends forms and takes risks that make her poetry unique and a delight to read. Evoking other texts like Warsan Shire’s Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, the work examines interesting relationships and physicality. Focusing on abstract ideas and feelings. Ward’s poetry symbolizes the longing for human interaction constrained by an imperfect physical form beyond the control and comprehension of the mind that inhabits.