In Benevolence!, his most personal poetry collection yet, Ray Shabir presents poems written over the course of three years. Navigating heartbreak, grief, body horror, friendship, family, yearning, and most importantly, self-forgiveness, his work reflects a person who refuses to be an innocent bystander in the life that unfolds before him. Often irreverent, sometimes pensive, but always unflinchingly honest, Ray is unafraid to declare love as fiercely as he questions it. Like a calm that washes ...