From despair comes loathing, from loathing comes solitude, from solitude comes wisdom, from wisdom comes growth, and from growth sprouts a new perspective on life. This is the core of The Feeling May Remain: The icebergs of pain, loss, and grief, submerged in the ocean of love, self*–*care, and healing.The Feeling May Remain brings the first substantial collection of Akif Kichloo's work to the public. The title Feeling May Remain can be interpreted as an adjective...

"Beautiful . . . Kichloo speaks to predecessors as diverse as Seamus Heaney and (fellow doctor-poet) Rafael Campo in a series of lovely, compelling poems." —Chaya Bhuvaneswar, author of White Dancing ElephantsFalling Through Love submerges readers into Akif Kichloo's deeply personal yet widely resonant experiences, exploring relationships in their most exposed and honest states. Written in a variety of poetic forms—free verse, rhyme, prose, and vis...

From Akif Kichloo, author of The Feeling May Remain, comes this deeply personal and poetic account of a troubled life. A nowhere man, with or without god, a quintessential mental nomad, omnipresent in his mistakes, exploring mental illness, identity, family, sexuality, god, love, childhood, and purpose of life, Poems That Lose brings forth questions all of us wrestle with but either avoid asking ourselves or miserably fail answering almost every time. Kichloo navigates br...

"Angels: A book for self realization through angels and your personal guides-" is a quick-read."Auras, Chakras, and Energy Fields: What They Are To You and How Your Angels and Guides Work Through Them" is a quick-read.British vs. American spelling, grammar, and punctuation are used in this book.Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health are all reflected in your aura.The colors that you wear most of the time can alter the colors in your aura.W...

The Love Poems of Rumi, as translated by Philip Dunn in this gorgeous little book, maintain the same emotional significance with readers today as they did seven centuries ago when originally composed by the Persian poet.Samples:The heart is comforted by true words, just as a thirsty man is comforted by water.Don't hide your heart but reveal it, so that mine might be revealed, and I might accept what I am capable of.If the heart isn't there, how can the body spea...

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE*Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's Lemonade and Black Is King, award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire.“The beautifully crafted poems in this collection are fiercely tender gifts.”—Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist and Hunger**Mama, I made...

A powerful debut collection of poetry reflecting on fear, shame, despair, suicide, and the unconditional love that leads to healing.In between being your mother and father,I forgot to be your daughterAnd became the child of the moonAn illustrated poetry collection about finding light in the darkness. Set against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War and the author's turbulent family life, Child of the Moon is...

Poetry: The Epitome of Life and Hope presents a touching collection of poetry that explores four vital themes: life, love, hope, and struggle. In these verses, author Dominique Wrizile explores the mutability of the human condition through often wistful language and philosophical mediations. Exploring both the challenges of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and the courage needed to move ahead, Wriziles poetry is emotional and inspiring.The poems in Poetry: The Epitom...

This book is about the emotional journey of life experienced through the worlds of pain, hope and love. It allows the reader to feel or sense the highs and lows during a specific period time in the authors life in a poetic format. The author's heart is displayed throughout each page with the hopes of not only giving the reader a mental picture but also for them to find a sense of healing if in need of it.

Every heart deserves a voice.From the jungles of Cambodia and a chance encounter with a local medicine woman comes ***Be(loved)***, poet Dakota Adan’s debut collection of poems, tracing the epic question of what it means to be loved.Hailed as “an essential book for those seeking self-love,” this heartfelt anthology lends voice to the heartbreak and healing of our soul’s quest to reunite with whom we always hoped we could be—ourselves.

This is a book of just over 100 very short stories. Some stories are very very short. Other stories are a bit shorter than short, so rather very short.

Unbeknownst to everyone I have ever come across; I have been living a double life. My public persona has been the normal person everyone sees and most like to be around. The guy, who teaches high school math, was a baseball star in college and has been a songwriter for the last thirty years. Yet in private, behind the mask Ive so meticulously molded, Ive been living with a deep and sometimes paralyzing fear. That fear is. Im afraid to die..This book is about my journey into that wo...