Two White Beds

2014 Poetry Winner

By Laura Cherry

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Winner of Minerva Rising’s inaugural chapbook contest, Two White Beds is a collection of poetry that dares. It tells the story of two young Victorian women, Sam and Millie, who fall in love and must then decide how their stories will unfold.

We lucky readers are brought along on a train ride to another age, through history, persimmon groves, “months as a laudanum haze”, and “dark nights that breed strange illusions.” With erstwhile language, Poet Laura Cherry captures the timeless sense of being wrapped in an emotional maelstrom with no clear way out.