Ordinary Time: a Poetics of Exhaustion -- Print Poetry Chapbook

Ordinary Time: a Poetics of Exhaustion is a poetry chapbook by Amy Bornman. The 28-page chapbook contains eighteen new poems. It is printed and hand-assembled in Amy’s home studio. The poems were written from life in sequence during a three month period from October to December of 2023. They gently express a postpartum artist and mom-of-two’s commingled burn out and wonder, a two-strand cord endlessly coiling tighter.

the exhaustion rips at my mind, tugs
at my edges, runs me ragged. I’ll remember
these years as lovely and stale. I’ll
remember being tired and alive.

Also available as a digital download! (Here!)

Zines are handmade, and may have small imperfections. Amy is the primary caregiver to two small children, so work is slow — please expect a lead time of up to two weeks before your order ships. Most zines will be sent using USPS First Class Mail and will not be trackable. If three weeks have gone by and your order has not arrived, please get in touch!

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Written and edited by Amy Bornman
Designed and published by Amy Bornman, Imaginary Lake Press

Ordinary Time is Zine #3 in the “A Year Postpartum” series. Buy a subscription here and receive all six print zines in the series as they are published (including this one and the first two from the series that were already sent to subscribers). If you have already purchased a subscription, your new zine will be headed to you shortly!