What the Bruises Remember
A poetry collection by Chy. J Bennett
Some wounds disappear from the skin long before they leave the body.
What the Bruises Remember is a raw poetry collection about domestic abuse, coercion, fear, motherhood, anger, memory, survival, and the slow reclamation of self.
It is about the body that remembered.
The mother who kept going.
The woman who became hers again.
Some survive.
I wrote about it.
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Paperback — $9.99 USD
Releases October 1, 2026.
A physical edition of What the Bruises Remember for readers who want to hold these words in their hands.
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Deluxe Hardcover — $21.99 USD
Releases October 1, 2026.
The expanded edition contains 50 poems, including 15 poems exclusive to the deluxe hardcover—for readers who want more of the story, the pieces that stayed beneath the surface, and the words that came after survival.
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About the Book
What the Bruises Remember does not romanticize survival.
These poems live in the spaces between fear and fury, motherhood and memory, grief and reclamation. They speak to the marks people can see—and the ones the body carries long after the bruises disappear.
This collection is for anyone who has ever had to find themselves again after someone tried to make them smaller.
For anyone who survived.
For anyone still becoming.
About the Author
Chy. J Bennett is a Canadian poet, writer, and single mother of four, including twins. Her work explores motherhood, grief, trauma, survival, love, memory, and the messy process of becoming yourself again.
She is the creator of Between Bruises & Blooms, where she writes about the places where pain and growth exist side by side.
Content note: This collection contains themes of domestic abuse, coercive control, trauma, grief, and emotional violence.
