Ramble Young Girl Ramble

Ramble Young Girl Ramble is a poetic dance of grace and fight to be heard. This 138-page turner of poetry and prose will make you look within with every read. RYGR requires much of its readers. It understands "inner freedoms become outer realities" and requires each reader in the gentlest way to do the inner work. By going on a poetic journey of the writer's experiences we discover love is never lost when lessons are learned and love after love exists. This collection of poetry and prose is a unique blend of bespoke water color, ink, and linoleum print illustrations by Diana Ejaita and the author Monique Lorden accompanied by bold typesetting and typography that will leave a lasting impression. Find yourselves lost in it.

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"Ramble Young Girl Ramble is a literary exhibition of Monique Lorden's calling as a poet and interdisciplinary artist. She gives us depth and color through words and bold illustrations while leaving room to breathe. This collection is her canvas. Her use of poetry with illustrations tell stories while holding their own independently. You will feel the intention. Ramble Young Girl Ramble is catered to every experience while highlighting forgiveness, healing, and Black exceptionalism. It is truly powerful."

Community Arts Collective 

"'If not cared for properly, that mystery turns into uncertainty and, naturally, uncertainty translates to insecurity', the internal rhyming that's infused in your honesty is breathtaking. - Yet, it's real and straight forward. Very Nikki Giovanni-esque. Once I read, 'this is my self-love journey' I knew that I was going to fall in love with your book! It is so imperative to not only practice self-love, but to also read about it! We need to see how others do it for inspiration an insight. With self-love comes accountability and self-awareness. Glad to see it in your collection."

"I'm gonna write like her when I grow up."

Jasmine Harrell,

author of Long Live Phoenixes and Release 

"Ramble Young Girl Ramble is a masterpiece to mastering peace. It is a cultural necessity and experience of heartbreak, healing, and love. Monique Lorden is an author of wordplay. I took this journey of Love Lost and Love After Love... and found myself inspired to use everyday words in the most creative ways. Genius! Poetry is and it isn't. Poetry clarifies and RYGR does just that. It stands strong in print and as spoken word. This is a paragon of poetry and Lorden is not on her way, she is here. Bend your pages. Bookmark them. Spend time with them. Find yourself in them. Dig your way out of them." 

Southern Poets Society

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