She who willowsk. m. rose a transgender author activist and poet in San Francisco brings to life the joy anxiety and self-discovery of her own gender transition and its impact on self-image and sensuality in this - her third - collection of poetry. She who willows among thorns is a temple of words to the feminine. It contains songs and stories of eruption oppression and transgression; its air is ripe with celebration and lamentation. These poems are mere shadows of the power and powerlessness of women explored in moments of being and becoming of uncompromising passion and unspoken pain. She who willows among thorns holds space for the fantastical and the truthful; Its walls inscribed as a love song to the spirit and strength of the women that saved me and to she who named me. These poems flow like a dream. The unbridled passion for life for the mystery of God...for lust and love and even death are flawlessly interwoven into a quilt of words that drenches the reader in mystery and magic. These are poems to curl up with quietly and intimately like a good lover. - JD Cerna GLAAD Media Award Nominated Writer.