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Ashes of Innocence
A Poetic Journey Through Shadow & Light
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All our perspectives come from light and shadows. What lies in the darkness, hidden from our understanding? What might a sudden light reveal? The answers to such questions are as changeable as the seasons, but giving them voice has always been...
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Holding HIV
Poems of HOPE
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What could an HIV cure mean? Holding HIV shares the raw, poetic voices of 27 San Francisco community members living with or affected by HIV. Born from the HOPE Research Collaboratory’s Community Arts Integrated Research program, this collection...
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Rise Queen Rise
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Collecting poems written from the author’s early twenties into her fifties, Rise Queen Rise maps a voyage through the depths of shadows and pain towards light, empowerment, and the realization of self-worth. Through rhythmic, engaging writing,...
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Banished Rose
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Banished Rose is a luminous collection of poetry spanning over two decades, tracing the delicate arc of one woman’s journey from adolescence to creative maturity. With raw honesty and lyrical grace, Leila invites readers into an intimate world...
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When Time Stands Still
A collection of poems about birth, stillbirth and rebirth
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Now, I know death’s canter With each out-breath I wait for his horse Thundering through the valley Flying between hoof beats Sun and I, drumming the earth Separation and grief, oneness and connection—two radically different experiences of losing...
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Song of the Brown Man
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In my early years, I read and wrote to learn English as well as I could. There were moments when I had no courage to use words that were new to me. But believing no one will ever see those words I wrote, I went ahead, discovering after a while my...
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Inner Tides
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If I were to die today, I am not sure the words to say. Live on, be free, and take part of me Into the world filled with apathy. The ebb and flow of life, its highs and lows—we spend our lives searching for balance, fighting to maintain it, even...
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The Stars We Find in Dust
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In The Stars We Find in Dust, sixteen-year-old Emma-Rose Wallner offers an intimate, unflinching glimpse into the heart and mind of a young soul navigating the complexities of growing up. Across three carefully curated sections, Wallner invites...
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You are not here
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I would be with you when you are asleep I would touch your head with my hands I would hug you and stroke your cheeks I’d be with you when you dream And every night I would be there You are not here is a book of poetry reflecting on life and love....
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For Those Who Mourn
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Death, grief, and loss are as much a part of life as birth, love, and celebration. Yet when we lose someone we love dearly—a parent, a sibling, a partner—we are stunned, bewildered. In some deep pocket of our hearts or minds, we thought they...
