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Red Corner is not merely a poetry book. It is a story about the human condition: the inexplicable moments that are held in beauty, the everlasting treacherous nights, the alluring uncertainty, vastly convoluted experiences and the unique nature of individuals, inherently, making us one and the same. Written and illustrated by Dawn Web, photographed by Angelina Wrona, Cover art by Alexandre Tremblay and Designed by John Hubbard and Dawn Web, and published by Vivid Illusion Creative Studios Inc. Red Corner is part one of the collection Primary Series and showcases their poem “Flashbacks” which is also featured inFathom Editorial (Creative Writing Journal). Dawn’s raw and vulnerable tone explores themes of identity, love, growth, perseverance, and navigating intergenerational trauma aftermath to crack open the cycle. They strive to bring individuals closer to themselves and others through art.
Red painted ink on the walls
Sad now it's tainted pink
The bathroom sink
And she falls
What strings
Do I have to play
Without you?
Cleaning the earwax
The way, the blockage
From my brain
Where all is sound
I bind, and buckle down
I could stay
Where my body is warm
Maybe one day you will realize
That I am a prize.
Maybe one day I will accept
That
My prize must be won.
Red Corner is not merely a poetry book. It is a story about the human condition: the inexplicable moments that are held in beauty, the everlasting treacherous nights, the alluring uncertainty, vastly convoluted experiences and the unique nature of individuals, inherently, making us one and the same.
Dakota Reed, MFA, Editor for Atmosphere Press & Poetry Instructor at University of Bahrain wrote:"Dawn Web is a poet to read, keep reading, and watch out for—a lyrical and formal genius delivering line after line of crafted perfection."
"[Web's writing]— it's magnetic and pulls the reader through different textures and sounds, inviting them into a moment, in ways that are both uncomfortable and exhilarating."
