BRAIDED RIVER

57pp., paperback, Indeed Books, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9781049224213

A collection of poems that explore womanhood, motherhood, marriage, and a relationship with the more-than-human world.

"Braided River unlocks a web of moving streams through the senses, the heart, through the earth of the body. You will not be where you were before you opened these pages and allowed these poems to seep in." Malika Lueen Ndlovu

Jenna Mervis is the author of the poetry collection Woman Unfolding. She lives in Cape Town.