Upon check out, kindly give me up to 2 WEEKS to prepare and ship your order as I print and sew my own books (which I balance with school works) ^^ Poetry & Paralysis is a collection of literary works written by Jasmine Melchor, composed of forty two (42) poems and three (3) essays that explore the narrative of grief, love, and loss of religious faith, and how it evolves upon the speaker’s encounter with a boy who she forms an undefined relationship with but catapults her into growth.