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Composition of a Woman Kindle Edition
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 23, 2019
- File size450 KB
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"The ingenious anatomical structure remains, with Ray taking us on a journey through her experience of physical and mental health, love, loss and being a warrior, feminist and advocate for many. The new pieces fit in seamlessly with the story Ray had begun to tell from the collection's first release. . ."
-Kristiana Reed, Between The Trees
"Poet Christine Ray's first printed collection of poetry Composition of a Woman . . . is a striking, fearless foray into the psyche of womanhood, both highly relatable and intensely personal for female readers and achingly candid and fascinating for male."
-Candice Louisa Daquin, Pinch the Lock
"Christine Ray brilliantly split Composition into five thoughtful sections that work together beautifully to deliver the maximum impact of each poem while taking the reader deeper into a stunning journey of the mind, the body, the very soul of this person. In Composition, Christine Ray reveals so much of what we try to hide, and she does so while dancing between ruthlessly beautiful and heartbreakingly painful."
-Nicole Lyons, I Am A World Of Uncertainties Disguised As a Girl
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Product details
- ASIN : B07YB8SC6L
- Publisher : Indie Blu(e) Publishing (September 23, 2019)
- Publication date : September 23, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 450 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 212 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1732800073
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,546,651 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,159 in Poetry About Death
- #3,397 in Women's Poetry
- #4,175 in Death, Grief & Loss Poetry (Books)
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About the author

Christine E. Ray is an indie author and freelance editor who lives outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An avid writer of fiction and poetry in her teens and 20’s, Christine returned to creative writing after a long hiatus in 2016 when she launched her blog Brave and Reckless on WordPress. Christine's greatest literary influences include Sylvia Plath, John Steinbeck, Jane Austen, and J.K. Rowling. While other little girls dreamed of being a princess, Christine dreamed of being Sarah Jane Smith. She is still waiting for the Doctor to arrive.
She’s a member of the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective, Blood Into Ink, Go Dog Cafe, and Whisper and the Roar. In 2018, Christine founded Indie Blu(e) Publishing with writer Kindra M. Austin.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2019
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“I see you… and you are beautiful.”
Isn’t that what we all want? To be seen as who we are, whole and beautiful?
Read this book. It is brilliant.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 12, 2019
“I see you… and you are beautiful.”
Isn’t that what we all want? To be seen as who we are, whole and beautiful?
Read this book. It is brilliant.



For those who seek the real deal in poetry, it still exists, though of course like anything rare and unspoiled you cannot pluck it from the typical main stream tree but must work for it. Christine Ray pours herself into this collection of her poetry without fear, she doesn't edit back her truth, she lets it fill the sea and drown her before being reborn as a woman who will not quit. If you are one who still reads poetry at bedtime and finds within it, the true language of our existence then I recommend this beyond most collections for its sheer audacious need to be real and say it. For years women have been silenced by themselves and others and society en mass. Christine Ray proves a woman's will and her substance will carry her through the worst of times and she leaves with her art, the beginning of a new movement of women, composing themselves again in the shadow of their suffering and the dawn of a new day. Sublime. Cannot recommend more highly.
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Ray's patience, passion and growth are revealed the further she pulls you into this book. Her approach to a structure which resembles her anatomy is ingenious and comes to reflect the woman, writer, editor and powerhouse she is.
Nerve is a hilarious and moving ode, if you will, to invisible illness. For me, it meant this book was personal too. I've watched my own mother struggle with a spinal condition which isn't obvious to a stranger. Therefore, my first thought when I heard Ray's experience with pain and mis-diagnosis was 'I need to give this book to Mum', so she knows she isn't alone.
Brain, no doubt deliberately, made me think. Safekeeping felt all too familiar and the final lines of Brilliant Madness made me consider the peril of an artist and their pain. Often art and pain feel mutually exclusive. At times we wonder where we begin and end.
'jagged little pharma sitting on the kitchen table that may save my life but steal this brilliant madness'
Ray continues to speak to the soul in Breast, with absolutely beautiful pieces like The Attic Room, Amen and Saturday Afternoon Poetry. From hilarity and darkness, we are given sensual and love sick. We begin to understand the myriad of experiences which shape a woman.
One of those experiences is heartache and heartbreak as Ray shares the pain behind her Rib. Chasing Sandcastles, Memento and the forlorn sigh inducing I Say That I Lost You.
'I say that I lost you as though you were an umbrella that I carelessly left on the bus after the summer rain had stopped.'
Ray does what every excellent poet must. She writes from experience and yet writes your story as well.
That said, it is the closing section of this book which left me breathless. Blood is a testament to all that has gone before. Each body part and experience led to this denouement; this showcase of a woman. I know her now - her pain, suffering, love and loss - which is why Wonder Woman is filled with clarity. Ray is a woman conducting an orchestra while openly admitting she isn't perfect. There is dazzling beauty in her ability to lift your spirit and reach beyond the book, calling for your blood and belly fire.
Needless to say, I read this in one sitting and finished it smiling. The final two poems resonate with every writer and reveal how much this book means to Ray; how it truly was, worth the wait.

