In Cry, Katy Mahon writes from the blurred edges between motherhood and creativity - a place of contradictions, where chores and maternal routines deprive the poet of space to write, even as the joys of parenting provide constant inspiration for new art.
Her answer is to embrace it all, at once: readers will find poems of frustration, exhaustion and the fear of losing oneself, threaded with love, awe and the quiet astonishment of watching a child grow. In this way, constraint is revealed as a form of grace; restriction as a means to enable true expression.
Ultimately, the collection stands as both confession and celebration: an intimate portrait of the creative mother learning to breathe, to write, and to be.
| ISBN: | 9781915606778 |
| Publication date: | 11th June 2026 |
| Author: | Katy Mahon |
| Publisher: | Valley Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) Narrative theme: Identity / belonging |
In Cry, Katy Mahon writes from the blurred edges between motherhood and creativity - a place of contradictions, where chores and maternal routines deprive the poet of space to write, even as the joys of parenting provide constant inspiration for new art.
Her answer is to embrace it all, at once: readers will find poems of frustration, exhaustion and the fear of losing oneself, threaded with love, awe and the quiet astonishment of watching a child grow. In this way, constraint is revealed as a form of grace; restriction as a means to enable true expression.
Ultimately, the collection stands as both confession and celebration: an intimate portrait of the creative mother learning to breathe, to write, and to be.
Cry features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Cry is available in Paperback
Cry was written by Katy Mahon and published by Valley Press
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