Cover reveal of when the daffodils die by Darah Schillinger. The beautiful yet simplistic cover was created in-house by Creative Director Alexa Laharty after a few conversations with Darah about her vision. Darah notes, “My original design for the cover was simple because my poems tend to focus on finding beauty in the overlooked, and I wanted a simple, yet beautiful cover to reflect that. I also opted to keep the handwritten font (at the editor’s insistence!) because I think it reflects the humanness of poetry. It’s personal, and I wanted it to feel personal the second you see it. I’m thrilled with how the cover turned out. Alexa did a wonderful job bringing my original design to life.”
Reserve your paperback copy today (or purchase 5 or more copies at a wholesale discount from here). Click the link below to learn more about Darah and the inspiration behind her chapbook in a recent interview with Vignette Managing Editor Siobhan McKenna.
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when the daffodils die, the debut publication of Darah Schillinger, is now available for PRERELEASE. If interested in a discount, wholesale copies are available here. This beautiful chapbook includes an assortment of poems exploring love, loss, and the self.
Within the pages are various references to the wonders of nature, providing her readers with the tangible to describe intangible feelings. From wintery landscapes to cloudy skies and yellow summer days, Darah wields her poetry within when the daffodils die to bring her readers on a journey through their (and her) relationship with themselves and with those they choose to surround themselves with. Young love, a mother’s love, self-love, spiritual love, all-encompassing love. Her willingness to write about the many facets of love and the way she challenges both herself and the long-standing truths within society about women and their place within the world makes this collection of poetry one of courage, defiance, and an appreciation for the overlooked things in life.
Darah previously interned for the literary magazine EcoTheo Review in summer 2020 and has had poetry published in her school literary journal, AVATAR, on the Spillwords Press website, in issue one of the Solstice Literary Magazine, and in the Maryland Bard’s Poetry Review 2022. Darah currently lives in Perry Hall, Maryland, with her parents, and in her free time, she likes to write poetry and paint. She plans to pursue an MS in professional writing and hopes to establish a career in publishing after its completion.
when the daffodils die will be released on July 12, 2022. You can find Darah on Facebook and Instagram to show her some love.
Cover and interior artwork by Alexa Laharty.
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