Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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Reality and Romance
by Gay Beaumont
When a devastating head injury turned her world upside down, Gay Beaumont found herself separated from her beloved son and forced to rebuild her life from the haze of a coma. Amid the confusion and pain, she discovered an unexpected lifeline:...
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Water
by Grandma Urchin
To live while drowning. To endure without expecting rescue. Water is a raw and luminous collection of poetry that wades deep into the currents of trauma, mental illness, and survival. With the wise voice of an old mountain woman—weathered, wise,...
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Heartstrings
by Carol-Anne Boisvert
This book is divided in two parts. Heartstrings, which focuses on a selection of updated poems from the past collections. It's a walk down memory lane, through heartbreaks, bullying and mental health. A Better Feeling focuses on the author being...
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Thought Bytes From The Carpenter
by Earl D. Silver
They greet the rising sun with hammer, saw, and square. Where nothing stood for years on end there is now an edifice there. Thought Bytes from the Carpenter is a collection of poems designed to make us pause, reflect, and consider our lives. With...
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Poetry Without Borders
by Trevor W. Harrison
Best known as a political sociologist and public intellectual, Trevor W. Harrison in this collection of poems explores questions of remembrance, regret, nature, and loss. These previously unpublished poems were written over several decades....
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One More Bite Darling
by Brontè Rawlings
One More Bite Darling dives into topics of eating disorders, depression, and recovery. It is a collection of the author’s personal journal entries over the past six years. In the first two parts, the author, Brontè Rawlings, takes us on a journey...
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The Blessing of Friendship
by William Bertrand
Oh, I woke up early, before sunrise And prepared a simple meal. I hear the Book of Life speak, And this is what it said. In our present digital world of social media, building and maintain strong friendships can be a challenge. We return to...
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Ashes of Innocence
A Poetic Journey Through Shadow & Light by MJ Bear
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 by Pauline Sameshima, Emily Turner and Dazié Grego-Sykes
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
by Jennifer Eve
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,...
