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H.D. Nelson writes poetry for women navigating grief, anger, identity, and reinvention.
Her work gives language to the experiences women are often expected to endure quietly—the losses that reshape us, the emotions deemed too messy or inconvenient, and the moments when merely surviving becomes the beginning of something stronger.
Her debut poetry collection, Grappling to Light, was born from a season of isolation, mourning, and the stubborn search for hope. A revised and expanded edition is forthcoming.
Her newest work explores the volatile terrain of midlife: unraveling expectations, reclaiming confidence, finding humor inside the chaos, and becoming increasingly unwilling to apologize for taking up space.
Because light is not always something we find.
Sometimes, we have to grapple our way toward it.