KNEE BRACE PRESS

A place for stories about chronic illness, disability, mental health, and neurodivergence.

Author: Amba Elieff

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  • A white woman with short hair wears round glasses and a black sweater. She gazes at the camera. The photo is in black and white.

    Amba Elieff has been a closet poet most of her life. She has always used poetry as a way of capturing the challenges and celebrations of life. She writes about the little things and big things that make up life.

  • Spoons

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    “I woke up/faced with my limitations/A body yesterday/so tired it physically was done.” In her third poem for Knee Brace Press, Amba Elieff writes about spoon theory, fatigue, and learning to understand her body’s limitations.

  • Vertigo

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    In her poem Vertigo, author and poet Amba Elieff captures the dizzying horror that is having your world flipped upside-down mid step and what it means to push through it like nothing happened.

  • Spoon Tattoo

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    Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that nearly ninety-six percent of chronic medical conditions can be considered “invisible illnesses.” Poet Amba Elieff details her own experiences with chronic illness via one small tattoo.