Poetry, Subjects & Themes, Death, Grief, Loss
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Syllable Junkie
by Jason Arthur Cronkwright
Syllable Junkie begins with ‘Life’ and ends with ‘Death’. Birds learn to fly, sea turtles gorge on plastic, people drown, chickens and guppies rant, ants battle, humans pollute, sperm speak, men become fathers, nostalgia bubbles to the surface,...
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Pluviophile
One Against The Rain by Enia Parry
"Pluviophile" is a poetry book that encapsulates the connection between the poet and the “rain” in the sense of tribulations. Each poem describes the connect to an individual and a rainy day, highlighting the topics of renewal, peace, and...
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Spoonful of Tears
by Victoria Allyce
How do we cope when the person we’ve hung our hopes on inevitably disappoints us? How can we love again? What if we can’t forgive them? What if we can’t forgive ourselves? In Spoonful of Tears, poet Victoria Allyce explores the emotional knots we...
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When The Sun Rains
by A. Zovic
I just want to feel safe enough to love and loved enough to trust it. A. Zovic’s debut collection of poetry unmasks experiences often silenced, stories we are told to suppress—those of heartbreak, of mental health, of body image issues, of...
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The Sentient Error
by Cory Aitken
As humans, we are made up of so many things we understand as “self.” We fear death and resist the inevitability of change. We want what we cannot have, what cannot be, instead of what is and what must be. We live in contradiction. In The Sentient...
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crash & bloom
A poetry collection of grief & gratitude by Sara Machnik
mama, am I going to make it, is it going to be okay will I lose my breasts, my hair, my eyelashes will I lose my identity, femininity, my dignity will I recognize myself in mirrors, in photos, in memories who will I become if I no longer look...
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Calling a Spade a Spade
Poetry & Prose by Kaitlyn Sanders
In this original collection of poetry and prose, author Kaitlyn Sanders reflects in depth on love and relationships, individual growth and self-love, grief, loss, hope and healing. Over the course of this collection, Sanders generates a diverse...
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The Black, The White, and The Grey
A journey through depression, with a light at the end of the tunnel by J.M. Taylor
Are you proud of where you come from, Are you proud of what you’ve done? Do you linger alone, living in your past, Or are you proud of how far you’ve come? (“Proud,” p. 123) For some of us, life is not easy, right from the jump. What seems so...
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Beyond the Gate
Poetry and Photography by Doug Jordan and Sidney Shapira
When the world amazes and words fail the rest of us, true poets step up to capture such moments forever, and then hold them up for the consideration, edification, and enjoyment of others … like precious gems best viewed from multiple angles. The...
