Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Books

Take a journey into the ethereal realms of "Cosmic Hearts," an enchanting anthology of soul-stirring poetry. With a celestial touch and an otherworldly resonance, this collection delves deep into the cosmic symphony of emotions, weaving together threads...

Unearth a Lifetime of Emotions: Dive Deep into Poetic Chronicles of Heartache, Healing, and Hope.Embark on a deeply personal and emotional odyssey with Diane Grossman Gaston in Life in the Shadows: My Journey Towards the Sunlight. This collection of...

How do you tell her?You may feel scaredbecause you are a woman now.But always the girl with permission to dream.And dreams are free-they are free.How do you tell her?LET HER BREATHE is a bittersweet struggle from childhood to adulthood for a woman coming...

Contained in this book are 25 poems, each speaking about a multitude of different subjects. Each one is written in a different style, such as rhyme and free verse, and are sure to please!  The Poems:  The Wilderness BeyondThe...

A sensational debut collection of poems by a fresh new voice‘In these whimsical, deeply affectionate poems, New Delhi is both context and protagonist, alive in its dust, smog and everydayness, in the vibrant colour of the first lychees of the...

"A consistently-surprising exploration of aging - of the discovery that middle age is where one's identity can flourish in a way it never could in youth. A compelling poetic journey."- Publisher's Weekly=====An ode to the overlooked. A tribute to...

Kalliope Kay's debut book Yours Truly, Kalliope is a collection of poems and prose about navigating the challenges and lessons that come with one's early twenties: loneliness, love, loss, heartbreak, mental illness, trauma, etcetera. Divided into four...

Domestic Bodies delves into the physicality of mundane and life-altering moments as told by a narrator disabled from birth. This collection deals with themes of cancer, family, death, disability, and resilience. Many of these poems don't end happily but...

In her literary debut, Hungry For Ghosts, Kristin Kory masterfully embarks on an odyssey delving into the intricate layers of human experience. With profound insight and poetic prowess, Kristin explores the timeless themes of love, loss, and the...

Full Length collection of poetry by George Burns.Poet George Burns embodies what Emily Dickinson, at fifty believed, that "Great Hungers feed themselves." If poetic urgency becomes the blessing of "bees in your love affairs" and a "broken water wheel /...

Now, more than ever, our collective voices (and actions) must stand united in opposition to Donald J. Trump, who-by following the demagogue's playbook-seeks to divide and conquer by turning Christians against Muslims, white folks against people of color,...

Mary Sexson and Lylanne Musselman connected quickly and became poetry sisters. This joint book leads the reader down two different paths the authors have walked. As you meander through the pages you will find tears and joy, fear and anticipation, life...

not my daughter is a mesmerizing collection of 44 poems that are part confessional, part documentary, part analytical lyric exploration of the adoption system, part southern baptist parentage and queer identity narrative, part psychedelic sensual love...

Step into the hauntingly beautiful and thought-provoking world of "A Tribute to Love, Horror, Death and The Crumbling Mind," a mesmerizing collection of dark and introspective poems penned by the brilliant wordsmith, David War.Within the pages of this...

What is love? In a painstaking effort to answer this question, Samuel Faulk takes the reader on a tumultuous journey of true love gone direly sour. Through poignant poetic storytelling in a unique dictionary format, Faulk reveals the onslaught of emotion...

All that pain and heartbreak became an inescapable dream, something worth writing about.All that pain and heartbreak became an inescapable dream, something worth writing about.

Loosely following a linear timeline from childhood to old age, Adler's story-like poems highlight the emotional core that lives within life's ordinary moments. Illustrating the delicate yet complex nuances of human relationships, Adler imbues with equal...

Beth Oast Williams's debut chapbook, Riding Horses in the Harbor, explores the intersection of the human experience with our natural landscape. Raised on the Elizabeth River, Williams paints the waterways of Southeastern Virginia as a rich backdrop for...

Szilvasy's aptly titled Witness Marks takes on the one wholly predictable reality in every human life, beginning with its visits to us at the family home, the smallest of the concentric circles we inhabit. What these poems witness to, and "sign" with...

A funeral is naturally associated with grief, totally focused on the finality of the loss of a loved one or friend. This overwhelming emotion often has a tendency to overshadow who the decedent actually was and the positive impact that individual made on...

<p><strong>A richly powerful collection of poetry traversing the inevitability of death as Dylan Thomas explores the complicated themes of grief and loss.</strong></p> <p>This anthology collates the most renowned poems of...

<p><strong>Poignant, emotive, and lyrical, this pocket-sized collection celebrates Dylan Thomas' poems of Love, Loss, & Emotion.</strong></p> <p>In a beautiful collection of longing verse, this volume shines light on...

David Antilla gifts us with this clump of poems that at once moves us to wonder and dares us to think. At times his poems smith with the immediacy of psalm-like candour, and at times with the urgency of apocalyptic truth. But always his images surprise...

The world is ever changing. People seem to have lost the will to slow down and enjoy restful hours. They have put enormous stresses on themselves and others as they try to accomplish more in a shorter time frame. Work consumes their life. Rapid...

"In Catalogue of Surprises, Dorothy Wall compares words to 'a suspension bridge // a rope we've tied ourselves to / above the chasm.' Her wise poems look clear-eyed deep into the chasm - at illness, family history, despoliation, and mortality. At...

"Sappho and Phaon" by Mary Robinson is a poignant sonnet sequence that breathes life into the legendary tale of the ancient poetess Sappho's tragic love. Robinson, known as 'the English Sappho,' was a pioneering female author and feminist trailblazer...

"an oracle for the weary" is a comforting cry. Read alone though, Kay is with you in comforting. This is a book of grief, heartbreak and transformation. It is a raw story of coming of age in a woman's body.

The Mourners Book is a touching collection of poetry that speaks to the universal experience of grief. Penned by an anonymous author known only as 'Lady', these poems express the pain and sorrow of losing a loved one, while also offering words of comfort...

I call her my love, my angel, my Kansas City star,she tells me she can’t get dressed today,her crown broke then she changes her dress twiceto get that perfect twirl when spinning aroundhair in wispy pig tails, insisting on my violet...

Schwartz’s second collection of poems examines the legacy of trauma and abuse among a family of women—and the ability of women and girls to survive. At times searing in grief, in other moments patient and willing to accept, Schwartz questions...

Confirmation that I was to follow in my father's footsteps jarred me in ways I never imagined. Since hearing the news, I awaken between 3 and 5 in the morning. Zero dark thirty is when my eyes fly open and I'm full-on aware. The words that normally...

This collection is made up of poems written over a span of twenty years, including selections from each of the author's four previously published chapbooks and from the anthology "The Moon Rolls Out of Our Mouths," along with thirty newer...

Vivid illustrations of tales so broken. An evocative drama that extorts your compassion but spurs the imagination. Like echoes with a heartbeat they reflect from the surface of the page to the core of your consciousness. Poetic stories of Survival,...

Poems for the:Deluded,Secluded,Denuded,Confused,Refused,Pained,Drained,ConstrainedPoems about:Quiet desperation,Loud desperation,Quiet silence,Loud silence,Quiet suffering,Loud suffering,Quiet frustration,Loud frustration,Quiet resignation,Loud...

In his second poetry collection, Abhra Pal gives voice to the soul of water, crafting a human language that connects us to our past, present, and future, reflecting the uncertainty and possibility inherent in life. His poems journey through the heartfelt...

In his latest book of poetry, writer Kevin M Sheetz takes readers on an undulating ride of highs and lows. Of Time and Again offers an intimate glimpse of one man's greatest elations and deepest heartaches, delivered with a matter-of-fact sense of...

"I am lost sometimes but I always find myself." In the Essence of Love and Experience, Fari Syed takes readers on a therapeutic journey through poetry. With lyrical language and boundless empathy, Syed plumbs the depths of human emotion and interrogates...

Dieses Buch enthält eine Sammlung von Gedichten über den Tod. Es behandelt Themen wie Vergänglichkeit, Trauer und die Hoffnung auf ein Leben nach dem Tod. Die Gedichte sind in einer klaren und ansprechenden Sprache geschrieben.This work has been selected...

A sequence of poems mourning the loss of Harriet Taylor, a young woman of great beauty and talent who died tragically in her youth. Taylor's elegiac verse expresses his grief, his admiration for Harriet, and his hope for spiritual reunion in the...

France Flanders: Four Years' Experience Told in Poem & Story is a moving and poignant account of the experiences of soldiers on the front lines during World War I. This book provides a unique and personal insight into the struggles, triumphs, and...

Blue.River.Apple. - SECOND HARVEST - A continuation of Alzheimer's through poetry - covers the following two years of "how-to" wade in the salty dementia truth. It's not lofty or lightly, or unintended, but large, open to receiving and trusting that...

Selected works from Australian poet Ashley Capes, 2006:2016 draws on material from previous volumes and also includes previously uncollected pieces.Ashley Capes explores subtle links between human nature and the natural world. Using spare and evocative...

A revelatory collection of poems set in the Gulf South, Carolyn Hembree's For Today chronicles the experience of a woman who becomes a mother shortly after her father's death and struggles to raise her child amid private and public turmoil. Written in...

In Star Witness, Orlando Ferrand’s rite of passage, the poet lets his personal experiences serve as fuel to ruminate about issues directly related to the human condition. He tells his story with the hope that we may formulate our own questions and...