For someone who doesn’t have a safe place to go home to, Keesha’s house is his/her sanctuary. Be it an unplanned pregnancy, the ramifications of coming out to homophobic parents, escape from a potentially sexually abusive stepfather, or difficulty in dealing with the foster care system—all problems can be left outside Keesha’s blue door and behind it a sense of safety, security, and accomplishment can be found. A text written in verse, each poem is someone’s voice that pulls the reader into the world of underprivileged and strong-willed young people who are forced to grow up much faster than anyone should have to.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Helen Frost: keesha's house
For someone who doesn’t have a safe place to go home to, Keesha’s house is his/her sanctuary. Be it an unplanned pregnancy, the ramifications of coming out to homophobic parents, escape from a potentially sexually abusive stepfather, or difficulty in dealing with the foster care system—all problems can be left outside Keesha’s blue door and behind it a sense of safety, security, and accomplishment can be found. A text written in verse, each poem is someone’s voice that pulls the reader into the world of underprivileged and strong-willed young people who are forced to grow up much faster than anyone should have to.
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