Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Books

This collection of poems is a first of a series of books about the celebration of life and all its shades.The colors of love and emotions of joy, happiness, humor, sadness, tears, meeting, parting, waiting, reunitingThe pain of solitude, loneliness,...

MIRANDA LEVI is a blogger, artist, avid letter writer, and poet. She's the author of "A Tear In Time" and "From a Youth a Fountain Did Flow" (March 2023). In Orion's Hands is her first poetry collection. She lives in Seattle with her...

A Painting On The Night is the debut poetry collection of Edward G. Schenkel. It is a collection of poems that touch on various subjects such as love, heartbreak, shyness, loss, pain, depression and happiness.

My mother, Dr. Saroj Ram, passed away on November 20, 2014 at the age of 84, after a seven-year struggle with breast cancer. As an avid poet, she shared her unique perspective on her life and journey with cancer in a collection of poems. She wrote from...

Tears: The Other Language Of The Heart And SoulWords sometimes are best expressed through tears, whether they are tears of of joy, of sorrow and woe, or joyful tears of exhilaration and love. Tears are heart-warming vibrations that well up in the soul...

After losing her husband of sixty-three years-and six weeks later her beloved dog-Jane McKinney finds solace in writing poetry. Feeling isolated from her six children, she relocates from Arizona to an independent living facility in West Michigan, just...

"Pollock's poetry is brilliant"- Kristiana Reed, editor-in-chief, Free Verse Revolution Stephen C. Pollock's poetry collection Exits explores the beauty and frailty of life, the cycles of nature, and the promise of renewal. Musical and...

Written in pandemic, Rick Benjamin's The Mob Within the Heart, is a poetic witnessing: of illness and loss, of harm to the more-than-human sentient world, of cultural, familial & political conflict, and of deep, enduring, lasting love-of people,...

Traveling from the Peruvian Amazon to Beijing, from the Siberian tundra to Oaxacan villages, Ian Ramsey's Hackable Animal explores the metaphysical dimensions of being human amongst the disruptions of the 21st century. This profound...

We are the only beings on earth who intrinsically wonder about our own end. But is there a way to elicit more elegant, gentle questions? Maybe something finer can be imparted, a way to bring the inevitable grief this life holds, into the love it really...

Will You Buy My Wares? is a collection of poems exploring love, loss, pain, heartbreak, identity, mental illness, and hope. Some poems were inspired by stories of people close to the author, and some by patients in the hospital where he worked.

"And now the ghosts and the dust settle in on my heart and I have no children, no apple trees, or sunshine. Only tears."My Mentor, Death is a collection of over 40 of Leslie D. Soule's best poems, meditating on modernity, loss, and more. With deft...

Mitchell Untch's Memorial With Liminal Space is a staggering work of poetics that delves headfirst into the intersections of grief, faith, and identity. As the title suggests, these poems are equal parts dense and opaque, casting both light and shadow...

In The Birds, The Rabbits, The Trees, Briony Collins deconstructs a year of grief and an abusive relationship through her evocative poetry. Pink daisy chains and letters to mum clash with broken thumbs and Bundy black eyes as Collins expertly weaves...

This collection explores many aspects of life and our internal dialogues within the themes of nature, the experience of women in the world and family.Gomes is a poet who places nature at the heart of her work, with the first collection focusing on...

A book of dark, lyrical poetry inspired mainly by traditional poets like Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson and William Blake (among many others). 'Immortalised In Ink' is the debut book by NP Hunt, and includes a mixture of styles, subjects and influences...

Like a war-time blitz, in March 2020 our lives were turned upside down.We had never lived through anything like this before.All aspects of our lives were changed.From how we worked, to how we exercised.From how our children were educated to how we bought...

"Before we knew each other, we knew each other, we didn't speak to one another, yet we spoke to one another, we hadn't met, but we had known each other this whole time; and in our start, we completed each other with the void that was meant for each other...

sad shit about girls.Collecting feelings of insouciance, longing, and general disdain in one tidy little book of poetry. The final ramblings of today's whiniest writer.

An updated and revised version of the original four volumes in this work.Many people throughout the world have had to deal with mental health issues and have had to hear from family and friends advice on one extreme or the other about "you just need to...

Hello to all my exes, is a collection of poems about love and heartbreak. They are letters that you wish you could write, last words that you could say, feelings of gratitude that you could give - to yourself and others during eventual goodbyes.because...

Welcome to a poet's introspective world of jubilance and turbulence, where life's cresting waves of love, grief, and rebirth collide with the profound power of poetry.In Just Leaves Lauren Best offers confessional glimpses into a deeply personal odyssey,...

In his debut poetry book, Joseph shares his raw emotions and personal struggles with grief, addiction, night terrors, anxiety, depression, and love. Through vivid language and powerful imagery, Joseph brings his feelings to life on the page, offering...

With Sassafras Tea is a collection of poems that follows the heart of a young author as they continue their journey. With Sprained Hearts, Fevers of the Mind, Arthritis of the Soul, and the Healing Tea all teaching them lessons, follow along and listen...

When life, love, anger, fear, joy, and death arrive, how will you respond? Ode to Life: Poems to Live By shares varying perspectives on Life, from youthful bliss to marital distress; from thankfulness to death. Inspired by Proverbs, this book recognizes...

Every story has an ending, but in life every story has a new beginning. This is my story through poetry.Learning to love myself through pain and heartache. A twinless twin, Soul ties, my emotional journey.

The trumpet of doom will blow announcing the end of the world. When the Trumpet Is Blown is about the contemplation of death and the calling for total and utter destruction in the face of despair. It balances nature as an entity both deceptively...

It was put on my heart to read the books of Isiah and Jeremiah in the Bible during the pandemic and shutdown periods we all suffered during the past two years. I learned how many times through the ages and generations over the past 3000 years people have...

Sky gone is an articulate examination of the loss of a parent through the lens of metaphor. It moves throughout the year following a father's death. Using the disappearance of the sky as a metaphor, the author compares grief to the world of nature in...

Things feel on the verge of coming undone in many of the poems of Starting Again. The poems express an impulse to move beyond that, to start again or to want to stitch together rifts in ordinary moments like the aftermath of a hospital stay, getting...

In Open The Fist, the poet navigates the primal impulses of sexuality, violation and reclamation. She shines a light into the dark corners of her family dynamics, grappling with what it means to be born a girl, to survive into womanhood and to look back...

A collection of poems focusing on the narrator's various interpersonal relationships, hardships, and the gradual realization of themselves as an autonomous and independent being. The One In Which Bambi Tells Me To Get A Life also meditates on personal,...

Set along lonely highways, the voices within When the Body is a Guardrail are restless and searching—these poems are seeking new ways of seeing, of being, of interpreting what it means to be human. Too often we treat life like a highway, like an...

Persistence of Perception is a strange, powerful poetry collection with the heart and soul of a live spoken word album, where the records skips the record skips through underground mansions and scat-man phrases, where faerie tales curl like kittens on...

ଗୌତମ ଜେନାଙ୍କ 'ସମୟ ବିଷାଦ ନଈ' ଏକ ଉଚ୍ଚାଙ୍ଗ କାବ୍ୟ ସୃଷ୍ଟି । ଆଧୁନିକ ଓଡ଼ିଆ କବିତାର କ୍ଲାସିକ୍ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ ରୂପେ ଏହାକୁ ବିବେଚନା କରାଯାଇପାରେ । କାବ୍ୟ ନାୟିକା ଗୌତମୀକୁ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରରେ ରଖି କବି ପ୍ରେମ, ପ୍ରଣୟ ଓ ଅକୁଣ୍ଠ ଭଲପାଇବାର ଏକ ଚିପୁଡ଼ା ଲୋଡ଼ିବାପଣକୁ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିଗତ ଅନୁଚିନ୍ତନର ଗଭୀରତାରେ ଆକଳନ କରି...

ବୁଦ୍ଧି ଓ ଆବେଗ ଭିତରେ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥକ୍ୟ ବା ଆବେଗର ପ୍ରାଧାନ୍ୟ ସାବ୍ୟସ୍ତ କରିବା ମୋର ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ । ଏକ ମାର୍ଜିତ ଚିତ୍ତବୃତ୍ତିରେ ଏ ଦୁଇ ଉପାଦାନ ଅଭିନ୍ନ ଭାବେ ମିଶ୍ରିତ । ସାହିତ୍ୟ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କଲାବେଳେ ଛବିଟିଏ ଆଙ୍କିଲା ବେଳେ, ଗୀତଟିଏ ଗାଇଲା ବେଳେ ବୁଦ୍ଧି କାମ କରୁଥାଏ, ନଚେତ୍ ରଚନା ଭାବଜ୍ଞାପକ ହେବ...

'ଅଷ୍ଟପଦୀ' ସୀତାକାଂତଂକର ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ କବିତା-ଗ୍ରଂଥ । ପୂର୍ବରୁ 'ଦୀପ୍ତି ଓ ଦ୍ୟୁତି'ରେ ତାଂକର ଅନେକଗୁଡ଼ିଏ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର କବିତା ଏକତ୍ରିତ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଇଥିଲା । 'ଅଷ୍ଟପଦୀ'ର କବିତାଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଦୀର୍ଘ ଓ କେତେକ ପରିମାଣରେ ପରୀକ୍ଷାମୂଳକ । ଆଜି ଓଡ଼ିଶାର କାବ୍ୟ-ରସିକ-ବିଦଗ୍‌ଧ ପାଠକ କେତେକ ଅତି ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ ବୁଦ୍ଧି...

ଏକ ରକମ ଚୁପ୍‌ଚାପ୍ ହୋଇ ଯାଇଥିଲି । ଦିନେ ଯେ ମୋର କବିତା ସଙ୍କଳନଟିଏ ପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଇବ, ଏ ବିଶ୍ୱାସ ନଥିଲା । କବିତା ପ୍ରକାଶନ, ପ୍ରକାଶକ ବନ୍ଧୁମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ବ୍ୟବସାୟିକ ହତାଶା ବୋଲି ମନେ କରାଯାଏ ଆମ ରାଜ୍ୟରେ । କାରଣ କବିତା ପଢ଼ିବାର ସଉକ୍ ଏ ଦୈହିକ, ଜଡ଼, ମୁଦ୍ରାସ୍ଫିତି କାଳରେ କିପରି ବା ରହିବ! ସହଜପଣିଆକୁ...

Kedarnath Singh was a poet of the earth and sky, towns and villages. He saw the ironies of life, ups and downs, love and sorrow, and the fast-changing scene of Indian democracy challenged by new political movements. When the Naxalbari leftist movement...

With unguarded bravery, Nyman takes us directly into the grief, pain, and loss that life has brought her. We walk with her through early childhood, seeing how her mother's inability to connect results in Nyman's anxiety and lack of trust. We feel her...

Love, the Monster in the Closet is a collection of poems detailing the struggles and triumphs of adolescence as a queer individual living in abuse. Many of the poems zero in on the isolation and hopelessness experienced by those who are deemed as "other"...

Set amidst America’s uneven economic recovery, Amarylis Douglas provides a poetry of witness to the epidemic of homelessness.  These poems are individual and unforgettable portraits of Americans we don’t want to see, and for whom the...

Ria Kinzel’s fiercely honest poetry is an inspiration to speak your own truth. In her extraordinary poem, “Coming of Rage,” she witnesses against injustice and cruelty as she discovers for herself oppression in apartheid South Africa,...

"Three of a Perfect Pair" is a collection of three poetry chapbooks by Jeffery Greb under a single cover. "Principals and Interest" found its origins through a health crisis; the second, "A Dismal Tide," was inspired by MeToo and graphically presents...