Shareece William’s New Life (2025), is her first official abstract collection of the year. I felt so much kinetic energy from the piece F.U.C.K., with many complicated emotions, much like most of us feel today. Here, I unpack my visceral reaction to the piece through this poem.

Kindling for the Call

written and read by Shondra Bowie

Forward  feels immense, and

upward  -   tense, when

consequence is 

killing one’s sense of direction

Frequencies run

underneath a display of 

chaos and loss, 

kinship and cost.

Fostering fluency with

unflinching urgency, 

collective response is

kindling for the call.

”A raw, unapologetic expression of rage and liberation, F.U.C.K is about defiance. It embodies the moment of refusing to conform, of breaking free from expectations. The piece moves between destruction and creation, mirroring the energy of rebellion and self-reclamation.”

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