4 poets have come together in 1 place to share with you the innermost recesses of their souls and what lies in those sacred crypts. Feel the heartache, the pain, the love, the undying devotion, and the stillness of memory in this time-transpiring volume.

Surrounded by guiltFor the bad things I've doneThere were so many wallsThat I had to buildFor you to tear downTurn around and then run

If someone did you so wrong, would you still take them back? Would you give your heart to them, though you'd know that it would be always under attack?

You treated meBitterlyBut it's almost ok nowYou intentionallyLied to meYou try to talk to meBut I don't have much to sayAny words that formDon't come outAnd right nowYou're probably wonderingWhy it all changedWhy can't two people be friendsWhen one tells the otherI don't love youBut love didn't have longSo it can't beWhat you said it wasAnd I'm done

I want to seeThe faceThat lights a thousand nightsThat kissThat I can't live withoutBecause I mightMiss you so muchThat my life is emptinessI missEvery little thingThat you've brought in to pull me outOf the hole my whole world has beenIf I could see you again

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886-when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems-that the breadth...

Deborah Garrison, whose work as an editor and writer has enlivened the pages of The New Yorker for more than a decade, evokes the characters and events of her everyday life with intense feeling and, more important, conjures up the universal dilemmas and pleasures of a young woman trying to come to terms with love and work.

“Landau's killer wit evokes Dorothy Parker crossed with Sylvia Plath—leaping spark after spark, growing to deadly dark fire. The Uses of the Body is her best book, its acerbic tone interspersed with lines of grave and startling beauty.” —Los Angeles Times* “As freshly immediate as ever, award-winning poet Landau reveals that ‘the uses of the body are manifold,’ moving in four sections with a roughly chronological feel from wedding parties to flabby bodies...

This collection “spattered diversely by the trades that we live by” as Pablo Neruda puts it, reflects the variety of influences that have shaped the poet’s craft. Kalamkari (from the Persian for “pen craft”) refers to the hand-painted and block-printed textiles of South India where the poet grew up, and this section of the collection contains poems combining memories of her childhood with contemporary realities especially those affecting the lives of Indian girls and women. Harsh realities...

I Still Love You, is a poetry book created with the intention that you may adventure within to find happiness, and discover the confidence and courage to shine bright! This glorious poetry inspires inner strength, compassion and courage.This is a magical poetry book filled with enchanting illustrations. The raw poems embrace life’s challenges and the beauty beyond our conscious mind. Poetry to awaken the illuminated love that is all pervading, ever present and resi...

The #1 New York Times bestseller that ignited a worldwide poetry movement, milk and honey is a boundary-breaking collection of poetry, prose and illustrations about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.Written and illustrated while Rupi Kaur was a university student, milk and honey soon became a word-of-mouth phenomenon, topping bestseller lists worldwide. It remains a bestselling sensation, the poetry boo...

Widely regarded as the "rock star" of American poetry, Mary Oliver is a writer whose words have long had the power to move countless readers. Regularly topping the national poetry best-seller list and drawing thousands to her sold-out readings across the coutnry, Oliver is unparalleled in her impact. As noted in the Los Angeles Times, so many "go to her for solace, regeneration and inspiration" that it is not surprising Vice President Joe Biden chose to read one of her poems durin...