This is a free online reproduction of my second poetry/spoken word chapbook, Bruises on the Inside, which was originally published in July 2001 and has been out-of-print for many years now.

Notes and Credits:

All enclosed pieces can also be found in the 2002 poetry collection Some Words Spoken, by Monica S. Kuebler and Cynthia Gould. 

"Layers" previously appeared in a Toronto Small Press Fair anthology.

Cover photo by Tom Rathborne.

Author's Notes:

Thank you to my muses: lovers, friends and strangers. Thank you to the kind folks at the Art Bar for having me as a feature and giving me a damned good reason to put this mini-chapbook together. Thank you to everyone who has ever had to put up with me whan I have been in my "crazy writer girl" headspace. And lastly, thank you to my mother (1940-1983) for passing on her love of the pen.

- Monica S. Kuebler, Toronto, ON, Summer 2001.