Ephemera 978-1-63834-297-7 a will to persevere in

a will to persevere in spite

body & memory as “fragmented countries” too

— Zach Goldberg

and relationships in the face of social crisis

the good cry and the release after

Ephemera 978-1-63834-297-7 a will to persevere inSierra DeMulder, 2023 If every experience lasted forever there would be nothing to immortalize in writing. In Sierra DeMulders melancholic yet hopeful poetry collection, Ephemera, she writes with the wisdom of someone who has learned to love and lose. The poems read delicately, fleeting memories on the page. The deaths of family members who clung to life, the vital and breathing love she feels for her wife, DeMulder ruminates on what will come and