Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Books

Each spark that ignites outrage seems unique in the immediacy of the moment, and yet F. R. Foksal, in his poetry collection, shows us that even in the most topical issues can be found a grain of universality. As a non-native English poet, he explores...

We were not even trying to get pregnant, yet we were ecstatic about the news. We told our family and friends and made plans to welcome our first little one into the world. Then the unthinkable happened. My baby stopped moving inside of me. We lost our...

It's hard to imagine a poet who could take more joy in nature, both earthly and human. In Blue Marble Gazetteer, David Leff looks closely, always, and revels in the names of things; the catalogs of species that recur throughout are delicious to...

An intense examination of the physical body and the various indignities and ailments from which it can suffer, American Sentencing is a paean to the spirit that endures. Whether with complaint, acceptance, or just a nod toward dark humor, this collection...

"Joanne M. Clarkson's Hospice House is as much a collection about love, deep compassion, and generosity as it is about death and dying, from the perspective of a hospice nurse. These are poems of grit, grace, wisdom, and healing. Anyone who has...

Katy Mack's First, I Turn Off the Light is as unsettling and disarming as it is compassionate and brave. Mack's poems are an exploration of illness and mental health, and in doing so are lyrical, imaginative, full of humour and insight. These words are...

The Demon Tracts is a faithful reproduction of the loggbok of Norwegian-Shetlandic modernist poet, Kristján Norge who vanished from the Outer Hebridean Eilean a' Bháis (Isle of the Dead) in 1961. Part diary, part collage, its collaged contents betray a...

By turns cinematic, cosmic, alchemical, and geometric, Confetti uses language to alter the boundaries between film and daily life. Against a backdrop of screens, personal relationships extend into a play of light to create a meditation on disposability...

At the end of each day, as we fall asleep, we can reflect on the places to which we have been. I find it exciting to go to new countries. Normally, I hire a car and set off by myself to meet the people in the villages and towns. I do not know these...

The poems in this book explore the causes of Phil's own depressive illness.Was his trauma trans-generational? Can it be traced somehow to the brutal death of his uncle, 12 year old Dennis O'Neill, at the hands of foster parents in 1945? Front page news...

I can't write anymore about rainBecause nobody wants to see itNobody wants to hear the pitter patterThe drumming, the splashNobody wants it to ruin their dayTurning the white clouds greyNobody wants to see the windows obscuredby drips and dropsNobody...

 Words stumble out, just a few.How many does it take to say?"Mum's never coming back,Gone away."Heart-wrenching words combined with a family's tale of loss come together in this insightful collection of poems written by Andy TS Cowell. Told from...

Love Letters from an Insomniac explores the deep intricacies of love and its many forms. This collection's second edition follows in the footsteps of loss and love, capturing the beautiful, ugly, and unforgettable moments in which our hearts are most...

A beautiful collection of poetry covering and confronting some of life's most difficult topics such as Love, Earth-shattering Heartbreak, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Suicide, Murder, Absent parents, Sexual Assault, and Black Oppression through the eyes of...

My poetry book, Nightmares And Daydreams, is a collection of poems that bring back the classic feel of poetry through rhyme and rhythm. The book is laid out in two chapters or sections, Nightmares being the first section and Daydreams being the second...

The sufferings and the pain we undergo play a vital role in our pursuit of excellence. We should not blame the fates or look for the escape doors like God or destiny; instead, our convictions should embrace the truths to be found in poetry such as The...

The poems in Americorona track the history of COVID-19 in the US from late 2019 to early 2021--how the pandemic affects America medically, economically, spiritually, and psychologically. There are three types of poems in seven sections in Americorona...

This is a poetic journal that reveals the inner turmoil in a disordered mind further fractured by betrayal and abandonment. The grief-stricken, autistic author struggles desperately to regain the small measure of sanity enjoyed before being blindsided by...

Last will and best guesses, largely written during the early and ongoing stages of the Covid pandemic (2020-2022), contains the observations, memories, and emotions of an aging Asian American woman coming to terms with the state of the world and her...

Poet Brenda Nicholas believes her regular yoga and meditation practice has healed her anxiety and periodic depression by calming her nerves and keeping her centered and energized, helping her maintain a peaceful outlook in the face of everyday stress...

"Born of "Roman blood and forged in Celtic fire," Everything Is Something Else is poetry as memoir as it seeks to explore key aspects of identity: the Italia, the Irish, and the Queer. This passionate and provocative collection spans 30 years and is a...

In this passionate second book of poems, Eileen P. Kennedy explores the dynamic between partners as Alzheimer's disease progresses. Kennedy weaves the collection about the relationship in three sections: before, during and after the death...

In Memoriam, by world-renown poet Alfred Tennyson, is a requiem written for Tennyson’s friend, Arthur, who died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. While inspired by a tragic event, the work features some of Tennyson’s most popular verse. The...

Kathleen Gregg's debut poetry collection, Underground River of Want, is a frank and unflinching account of devastating loss, bad choices, divorce and growing self-awareness. Be prepared to be heartbroken right along with the teenaged narrator after...

Love Songs and Other Poems is a collection of poetry written by Mary Ainge DeVere and published in 1869. The book is divided into three sections: Love Songs, Miscellaneous Poems, and Sonnets. The Love Songs section contains poems that explore the various...

In the beginning, the world was bathed in an eternal darkness filled with terrible monsters and savage deaths. The birth of the first day arrived on the back of a fearless white raven who had dared to steal the sun and drag it closer to the earth. But...

[W]e may regard this as the Polish version of Art Spiegelman’s Maus—in its form, an excellent and utterly unexpected version. Such a comparison is not about imitation, nor about formal similarity, but about something essential for both...

Can we say “Cowboy” anymore? Have we waited long enough to need by now? Christian Anton Gerard’s Holdfast, his second poetry collection, is a story of dissolution and resolution, of a world made round by spokeshaves and brute...

Stark moments of admission are used to perfection in the centerpiece sonnet series, “Thirteen Months,” the collection’s highlight. Distilled emotion over the illness and death of an estranged husband ranges in tone from the dark humor...

While Walton does not readily forgive the world its many failings, this collection is replete with the poet’s signature tenderness and lyricism, a bustling paean to Eros, Sophia and empatheia. This quality wedded to the poet’s nimbleness of...

Simply Written is a compilation of poems written from the heart of the girl next door, from Hednesford.I hope you enjoy reading my workIt's okay to not be okayBe the best version of you

"Most poets write for one of two reasons:Either their heart is broken,or their heart is overflowing.For the lucky few, sometimes it's both."A collection of emotionally captivating poetry, Poems To Read In The Rain is for those looking for resonance while...

Rainfall throughout history has represented both rebirth and cleansing through the cyclical processes to create the best form of a being. The idea of how rain comes and goes is the root of this work. In life, there are critical teaching points that etch...

Freedom at Day Zero is a story of balance, peace, love, and vulnerability. The journey is both difficult and necessary to share. I listened to my soul and made a choice to travel back from age 28 to age 3, to tell that girl-child that everything is now...

On September 27, 2017, in Hurricane Irma's aftermath, my son, Austin, passed away from an apparent suicide. Austin died homeless, alone, and last seen in the presence of a convicted sodomist. He was more than his pain or the circumstances...

Losing a loved one is one of the hardest things to experience in this life. But faith can ease the pain. Faith of someday being reunited. Faith that families are forever. Faith that our loved one is not so far away. I'm Not Far Away is a loving...

When a loved one dies, the family will often turn to the photograph albums as an act of solace, to keep their loved one with them just a little while longer. Grief Songs: Poems of Love & Remembrance arose from that experience. The collection opens...

Much like life, the collection of poetry in The Lighthouse Chronicles: The Journey has ups and downs. It is up to the reader for interpretation. All the pieces within have an original piece of art that go along with them that span from canvas paintings...

Respice finem is a book that is a collection of things I have experienced and have helpedshape the way I view the world. A blend of the past, present and future that has me thinking ofthe end and what I want to give to the world. To consider the end and...

We're The Flowover. We Come From Flyoverland. introduces a roving, Baudelarian speaker seeking to "translate pigeon into English" (the bird's music, or grammatically simplified language), among the streets of "bone and ash," post-empire...

The poems of Carey Link's To Light a House of Bones repeatedly locate and celebrate a point of grace and balance and buoyancy "between earth and sky." Earth's restrictions are heavy and real, but in a suspended cradle, a hammock, the palm of a mother's...

THERE IS HOPE IN EVERY SITUATION! You might feel like what you're going through is impossible to get through... but PLEASE believe me when I say that THINGS DO GET BETTER... you do get STRONGER... and most of all, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

""Words of the Anthems Sung at S. Philip's Church, Kensington"" is a book written by M. R. Lochner in 1873. The book contains the lyrics of the anthems that were sung at S. Philip's Church in Kensington. The anthems were composed by various composers and...

The Lyrics of Eliza is a book of poetry written by David Kilburn Stevens and published in 1910. The collection features a series of lyrical poems that explore themes of nature, love, and the human experience. The titular character, Eliza, is a recurring...

Book SummaryBeautifully written to share a heartfelt and uplifting message of healing through hurt, I Wrote This For Me For You is a thoughtful collection of silent prayers in the dark, personal odes, and inspiring blessings from a poet to herself...

     When I wrote this collection, I was dealing with pain, grief, anger, and a sense of loss. Being able to put my pain on paper helped me get through the worst of it.     In the early months, I used to carry my collection...

A collection of poetry and such written over the past few years in moments of confusion, clarity, pain and peace. Some is just me being the voice of those who have not yet found theirs