Poetry, Subjects & Themes, Women Authors
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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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A Pomegranate Story
And Other Poems by Hanie Afshar
She’s one of the Pomegranates On the tree She falls Cracks open Starts to bleed Now you wash the hands That have ripped its skin They’re remaining red You are never clean! Inspired by personal experiences and the stories of others, A Pomegranate...
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Taunting Thoughts from the Dark Abyss
by Coreen Yama
A job seeker cycles through endless rejection. An exchange student at a casino makes a desperate bid for escape. A woman survives a horrific assault only to encounter another monstrous injustice. These raw, roiling poems give voice to those lost...
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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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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,...
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Banished Rose
by Leila
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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The Stars We Find in Dust
by Emma-Rose Wallner
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
by Birgit Ohms
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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A Plea to Our Mother
A Poetic Journey of Childhood Incest to Resilience by Kathleen Rooney
A Plea to Our Mother is a beautiful, complex, difficult collection of autobiographical poems that chronicles one woman’s experience of childhood sexual abuse, and how the abuse suffered by other members of her family led to and complicated her...
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When a Romantic Writes Poetry
by Ashley Dawn
Poetry has long been used to give tangible form to the most intangible of thoughts and feelings, with the voice of poets speaking universal truths for us all, even when we ourselves do not have the words. And there is no intangibility more...
