A review by sakeriver
Secure Your Own Mask by Shaindel Beers

I like that this collection has in it fire and tenderness and contemplation. Beers writes about the natural world, about abusive relationships, about motherhood, about sexism, and she does it in a way that lets this book be many things while still hanging together. I particularly enjoyed the two long poems “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Pelican” and “This Old House.”