Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Books

A Heart Searching for Its Soul, the fourth book by veteran Carl Fazio, is filled with poignant poetry on themes as varied as love and loss, warmth and war, and determination and death. The though-provoking, inspiring poems will appeal to lovers of poetry...

Tears of a King is the third book by John Hypocrace Lewis is sure to take the reader on an emotionally introspective journey through a whole wave of emotions, processing mental health issues, and ultimately coming out on the other side with a sense...

You've lost everything, my enemy said. No, I answered, I still have you, Jeff Friedman writes in his inspired new collection of prose poems and micros, Ashes in Paradise. His fabulist inventions, biblical retellings, lyrical improvisations, and...

Featuring poetry and prose, Capsule Stories Autumn 2022 Edition explores the theme Falling Leaves through melancholy yet hopeful writing about falling, leaving, and letting go. These stories and poems reflect on a season of change in life. Read about...

A collection of tiny terrors from Bram Stoker Award ® winner Christina Sng. The Gravity of Existence is a weight lifted, a monster freed, a princess with sneakers, a spell for a better world. From one of the leading voices in dark verse, this collection...

Only when my soul shakes is a short poetry book about the varying levels of feeling isolated and depressed as well as feeling a deep love for someone or something. It's designed to take the reader on a journey within themselves and confront or accept...

This book is a journey into the heart and mind of a poor devil, consisting of 150 poems that talk about afterlife, dying and living again, God, human, animals and nature. She experiences a self-exploration that stands as a spiritual journey which travels...

Driven by an insatiable curiosity and an unwavering commitment to unravel the interrelationships that permeate our existence, Freia's writing delves deep into the complexities of life, weaving thought-provoking insights that challenge societal norms and...

To let go of the past and present circumstances that cause us grief, we must first come to terms with our place in the universe.In Jerry Lovelady's latest poetry collection, Grief and Her Three Sisters, he explores the sweet sadness of grieving and...

In the opening poem of Matthew Porto's dazzling debut collection, we hear the voice of the recurring angel figure for the first time, commanding us to "Get used to the light." That light-blinding, mysterious, unsettling, but occasionally...

Lifting Stones is an autobiography of sorts; a travel journal where the poet travels in nature and into memories of love, hope, grief, and loss. "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards," wrote Søren Kierkegaard, and this is...

As readers of poetry, we all have our favorite ancient poets like Milton, Blake, Homer, and Rimbaud to name a few. Are you ready to break the mold and read some new, crisp poetry from a new American poet? If so, then you have the right book in hand. My...

Poems of Mourning and Healing Memory is a book that tells of the author's coming to terms with the death of his parents. The book begins with the author's father--and the author himself--dealing with the death of wife and mother. It continues with the...

Recovery Road is first book in a series of a collection of poems written by a man who was overcome by the sin in his life who found redemption through God and His word. Harold Barkley invites you to share his experience through poems and travel with him...

Two years after releasing "For Now I'll Just Be Okay," Grace returns with collection of art created amidst the grief experienced by her and so many others during the pandemic. Filled with personal poems on love, heartbreak, death and other human aches,...

Praise for Blood and Roses:"Beautiful poetry! A must for all vampires and vampire lovers." -Verified Reviewer"Jack Townson has officially replaced Edgar Allan Poe as my favorite poet." -Jami J. Russell, Tiktok Influencer "I really enjoyed this book! A...

Inspired by odd daydreams and dazed trances into the unknown, Marred Days is a collection of dark poems and drawings created through internal exploration. With curious creatures, visions of horror, and journeys into the weird, this collection takes the...

"A haunted book of poetry with ghosts in the pages..."In Some Kinda Love, Rose draws you into the chaos that is human emotion. "I hope that when you read this, your own narrative fills in the blanks. I hope my words can fill in spaces previously left...

New poetry from Australian author Ashley Capes. His first new collection since between giants in 2012. VI brings together published and unpublished work from the intervening years.

A journey into darkness and back to the light. The Moon makes it look so easy.Winner of the 2016 Royal Dragonfly Book Award, Moon Full of Moons is a collection of poetry about resilience, renewal, and creating a deep happiness in the midst of sadness and...

Winner of the 2022 Palette Poetry Chapbook Prize, to be in & of is the debut chapbook of poet, anti-carceral advocate, and black studies scholar Joshua Aiken. Diving into the perils and contradictions of how black life is grieved in...

Addiction consumes. It destroys. But it does not extinguish the flicker of hope that burns fiercely in us all.In Despair to Repair, Beasley uses poetic precision to walk through the fires of addiction into the calming sunlight of recovery. With humor,...

In Alexander Perez's stunning new collection, Immortal Jellyfish, Perez explores the delicate, vulnerable and beautiful nature of being human: "there is plenty/ loneliness / which always /leaves me wanting." The poet urges the reader to "declaim...

Hardcover and paperback in stock and available from Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, and elsewhere.My Body is a Junkyard is a raw and powerful collection of writings by Aitch Alexandar that charts a literary course through the poet's life: growing up...

Chimneys and evergreensBBQs and residual snowPicked the brain for certainty What was lost may be found unknown Code red while dressed in blue Spread my bed in this place anewMind needs saving, heart is aching Decisions I'm making have kept you...

Breathing in Minneapolis is a chronicle of the tumultuous events that defined 2020: the Covid pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, sometimes violent civil unrest, and the often murderous cruelty of American society. We encounter the sweet scent of...

Fear is said to be mankinds oldest fear, but sadness can be just as intense; both are emotions that can consume us. Whether we are jumping at shadows or curled up from our emotional pain, they can cripple our lives if we cannot overcome them...

Proof of the Sun chronicles the long term effects of childhood sexual abuse by a family member that can, and often do, extend into adulthood. These stanzas mirror the ways society tiptoes around what happens after abuse and how the victim survives.

Hazakura is about replace and of repair. It's about loss and acceptance. Perhaps a renewal."But Hazakura is not because of hurt; Hazakura is the hurt."

In her debut collection of poems, Live This Feeling, Michelle Bonfils takes us on a lyrical journey that is deeply personal and will resonate with anyone who has ever experienced a broken heart.Through poems of holding onto the first...

"The Marines are a cult that works. They are a gang that's lawful." ---These words played on a PBS documentary about the Marine Corps while Mason sat on a couch wondering what to do after college. In search of something unnamed, the poems in Rock...

Serving as a poetic score to the movement of life, A Melancholy Whirlwind Romance: Movement as Poetry is a poignant collection borne from the deepest depths of the human heart and the highest heights of the human ego. In these tender yet fierce poems,...

I wanna see myself through someone else's eyes. I wanna try to not live a lie.But it's hard when every time you're told a lie. I just want my soul to fly...When Josephine M'Msafiri immigrated to Canada as a young girl, she expected to soar with new...

Winner of the Blue Light Book AwardMark Tate is the author of three previous books of poetry Pommes de Terre (2001), Sur lie* (2002), and Rooms and Doorways (2003), and three novels, Beside the River, and its sequel River's End (McCaa Books, 2021), and...

Este livro apresenta uma coleção de poemas inspirados na alquimia, amor e filosofias antigas, retratando uma atitude crítica em relação aos valores sociais comuns e seu verdadeiro significado nos ciclos de uma...

This book presents a collection of poems inspired by alchemy, love and ancient philosophies while portraying a critical attitude towards common social values and their true meaning in the cycles of an existence filled with turmoil.In doing so, the author...

Poems for the:Rejected,Unloved,Unwanted,Dispossessed,Failures,Losers,Virgins,Sinners,Voiceless,Anonymous,Forgotten,NeglectedPoems about:Lost Love;Unwanted Love;Unrequited Love;Silent Love;Tortured Love;Selfish Love;Selfless Love;Spiritual Love;Unholy Love

I got full, and emptied myself into my first book. And yet I still have more in me, I think that's how we work as humans, we get full over a decade or so and then we have to pour some out, and sometimes if we are lucky what we pour out is beautiful...

The Mother Myths is a collection of poems that explores what society tells us makes a "good mother," and how those myths and narratives create internalized tension, self-doubt, and shame in new mothers. The poems in The Mother Myths span from the time of...

We all seek love.Discover a journey into our profoundest passions and heartbreaks. From the earliest stirrings of a new romance through the grief of loss and separation, the human experience takes us along soaring highs and deep lows. Nowhere is this...

When Autumn Barnes found love, she was happy for a time, but when her beloved strayed, their on-again, off-again relationship proved too much to bear. Through poetry, she revisits her flawed relationship and the painful decision to let go.Have you ever...

Looking for a friend and a place to reside in truth during seasons of loneliness, chronic pain, or relationship loss? Step into a journey of healing through this inspiring collection of poems from Dr. Anna Maria Gray.Anna Maria Gray has always been an...

"...The collection is comprised of nineteen poems covering many aspects of the family's lives and works including those inspired by well-known anecdotes from the sisters' childhood, Branwell's troubles, Anne's death in Scarborough, Charlotte's dislike of...

Out of grief, upheaval, derision, disappointment, and change of all kinds-from the intimate to the mythic-Incantations both admonishes and rails. Darnell Arnoult's evocative collection unleashes frustration and longing in tongues of fire. And while her...

Heirloom Language is full of poems about life and dying, growing up and growing old; about how being loved transcends endings, and how sometimes anger and irony are ways of expressing love. I sometimes describe myself as a short-attention-span...

Poets Margaret Stawowy and Jim Cokas both experienced a personal metamorphosis while caring for a parent with dementia. While answering a higher calling to care for someone with grace, forbearance, and love, the reality is that such commitment is often...