Honeycomb Heart (ePub)

Chelsea Bartell's second poetry collection balances on the ideology, things that sting still have the capacity to make us sweeter. She firmly believes that the bitter, unsightly pieces of our lives have the most to offer in terms of growth. Chelsea uses the extended metaphor of the bees and the honeycomb to organize the book into two parts.

In the first section, Bees, she returns with her ferocious voice to write poems about toxic relationships, environmental advocacy, and the lack of relationship with her father. Each poem will leave you craving the emotional justice she deserves, the justice she believes we are all worthy of. Without opening ourselves up to not only heal but to receive this emotional justice, we create a stagnant, unhappy, and trapped version of ourselves and our lives. If we choose to see that the hardships can offer a transformational opportunity we can forge a path to healing. Chelsea's track to healing is her following section, Honeycomb.

Bartell's culmination of pain and tension show their face through the Honeycomb. She writes about tenaciously and gracefully healing her wounds in order to elevate the love and peace in her life. Her feminist undertones will walk you through her journey as a woman and as a woman author. Also, what is sweeter than love? Chelsea intertwines gorgeous, thoughtful love poems to her significant other and to herself because she highly values loving others as much as we love ourselves.

Upon finishing this collection, Chelsea hopes you too will see the sweetness amidst all the pain you endure.