Chelsea Tadeyeske’s Orange Poems is a collection of tiny fireworks in muted bursts under glass, an organized pile of discarded corners. Written following an overwhelming flood of loss, Orange Poems pays homage to autumnal leaves as they head to slaughter—a chromatic gasp of color before inevitable decay. Tadeyeske’s observations lead us through a maze of overstuffed trashcans as an analog for grief. “how does a mind ‘wander’/ how does a bone’ bend’?” Let these poems answer your impossible questions while inhaling your heart.
Chelsea Tadeyeske lives in Milwaukee, WI where she co-edits pitymilk press and curates poetry readings in her apartment, The Bell Tower. She is the author of several chapbooks including If You Bend It Backwards Nothing Really Happens (Rabbit Catastrophe Press, 2017), Princess Diana (Bathmatics, 2019), What If Loving You Wasn’t About Me (w/ edie roberts, Bathmatics, 2023), and Island Weather (pitymilk press, 2022). She is a Virgo sun, Libra rising and Aquarius Moon born in the year of the snake.
Ridley is a multimedia artist and musician living in Wisconsin. His interests include dice, trash, Michael Bolton and making a big deal out of little things. For music, he’s Poor Ridley, for business and pleasure, he’s @poor_ridley, and his website is poormoi.com.
24 pages. Hand Sewn. Cover laser printed on luxe craft card-stock
Originally printed July 2024 with a formal release August 28th, 2024
Illustrations throughout by Ridley Tankersley
Layout and design by Chelsea Tadeyeske and Edie Roberts
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