Every Little Vanishing by Sheleen McElhinney

Sheleen McElhinney's Every Little Vanishing doesn't look away from the dark side.

These poems move through grief, addiction, marriage, motherhood, and the long shadow of losing a sibling with achingly honesty and tenderness. McElhinney reminds us that healing isn't about forgetting what we've survived, but learning to live alongside it.

If you've ever had to rebuild yourself after loss, this is the collection for you.

I prayed for, let him be alive,
slipped in from the open window,
blacked out in a pile of sheets,
face covered in soot, we are
another night wounded,
another night blessed.

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Sheleen McElhinney is a poet who currently lives in Philadelphia, PA, with her three miraculous children. Her work has appeared in Whiskey Island Magazine, Dogzplot Flash Fiction, Abandon Journal, Poetica Review, West Trade Review, and others.