bones, ashes, fire explores the surreality of being alive on this Earth. It asks questions about who we are behind closed doors, what we think about when no one is there. The connection between the corporeal and the intangible rings true, as the poems navigate the space we occupy in the middle of it all.

This collection takes inspiration from the universal need that is connection. Also, from dirt. bones, ashes, fire is Claire Beaver’s debut poetry collection.

“Citrus” is featured in sans. press’ anthology, Passageway. It is a story about obsession. And fruit.

“Hortus Conclusus” is the winner of the Danielle Alyse Basford Writing Prize for 2020.