The fifth collection from poet Blake Auden, To Drown as a Cure for Thirst, is a delicate exploration of grief and how it affects—and is affected by—time and memory.Written in the wake of a global pandemic, the book touches on themes including loss, healing, personal reflection, mental health, and love, even in the face of the things that haunt us. Auden's most personal and deeply honest collection to date, these pages examine the idea that we can overcome what winte...

Murmuration is a year's worth of emotions, anxious thoughts and panic attacks, each one a beating wing in the mind of the author.Fans are saying: "Beautiful inside and out", "Lovingly designed", "One of the best poetry books I've read so far."Murmuration is an attempt to create something beautiful from this chaos; to make sense of the things we dare not breathe to life. Focusing on loss, heartbreak, mental health, and the impact of isolation ...

Murmuration is a year's worth of emotions, anxious thoughts, and panic attacks, each one a beating wing in the mind of the author.This book is an attempt to create something beautiful from this chaos; to make sense of the things we dare not breathe to life. Focusing on loss, heartbreak, mental health, and the impact of isolation on a tired mind, these poems are the starlings that gather above the water. These pages are the hope that we can learn to heal; t...

A book of poetry. A collection of 19 poems. From horror to sadness, these poems cover it all.

In this frank and whimsical collection of poems, the author probes identity, beauty, faith, and suffering while struggling with a chronic illness.

Romance is candlelight on cheekbones, blurring gazes and the press of heels on strange sheets. But what happens a year later? You’re sharing bath towels and bickering over who forgot to buy a light bulb. There is beauty in a familiar hand on the nape of your neck. There is love in waking up under a shared blanket. In Our House by the Sea is about the romance of domesticity.“Kirsty is one of the best and brightest . . . when I read her stuff I feel like I could taste it, ch...

Poetry is emotion at it's rawest. When it's first felt, that jolt in your back when you love, lose and are betrayed. Through the Eyes of a Teenager is just a glimpse of what was and what has made me.

Strength is a thing we are made of We women carry it on our shoulders And in our minds. The struggle comes in never wanting to quit Never giving up envelops the strength Holding us together. I am STRENGTH I am HEART We are STRONG We play our part. --from I Am, I Have

In "Old Dead Futures," a young boy's ability to change the future makes him valuable to the government. But that same ability keeps him trapped in a wheelchair and at the mercy of those who would use him. When our present is fixed, how can we see a different future?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Lioness Awakens is an illustrated work of short poems with a bite. Lauren Eden writes provocative poetry about love, sexuality, heartbreak, and feminism, combined in a creative expression of female empowerment and confidence...I was alwayssuspicious of thoseHappily Ever Aftersdisappearing without a tracewith no other pages as evidence.

Kimberly Alameda grew up in the East Bay portion of the Bay Area, California. She has a unique perspective in capturing the beauty of ordinary life, and its surroundings. Sometimes a journey through the darkness brings one an appreciation of the light. Read a collection of poems from a different point of view, a place not everyone gets the opportunity to see. When not writing, Kimberly enjoys playing with her dogs, photography, and the company of her strange, but endearing friends.