This Is How We Learn to Pray

18 poems complimented by 18 illustrations derived from the rawness within those poems emboss themselves onto a paper canvas meant for the reader to crawl into and color their emotional reaction to the work on the pages provided. This work is not just a chapbook, it is art inspired by art. It is paper bound, paper perforated, coloring pencils bleeding for the ultimate reading experience. Meet This Is How We Learn to Pray, a poetry coloring book.

From Leigh:

I decided not to write a blurb for my poetry coloring book, This Is How We Learn to Pray, because I’d probably say something like, “Leigh Chadwick is the voice of a generation, it’s quite likely her poems might be the only reason why we exist” or I’d mention something about how much I like bread pudding (a lot, like seriously), and then I’d go into the world at large and what is the universe and who knows, who cares, really, because at least there’s this book full of these poems I wrote and these pictures Stephanie Kirsten drew and there’s these colored pencils that come with the book that hopefully didn’t break in the mail as they were being delivered to you, dear and lovely reader, and so I decided not to write a blurb for my poetry coloring book, This Is How We Learn to Pray, because instead of talking about the book of poems and pictures you can color, I’d wonder if any of this matters and what is even real anymore, but who cares, because these poems are real and these poems are great, you’ll love them, I promise, and these pictures are real and these pictures are great, you’ll love those too, I also promise, and so I didn’t write a blurb for my poetry coloring book, This Is How We Learn to Pray, but if I did, I’d probably finish it by saying that this is a book full of love, a good and pure and hopeful love.

$12.00