Narrative theme: Love & relationships Books

The Moment and the Sequence demonstrates how certain events in the life of a writer evade traditional modes of storytelling. Such occurrences necessitate a deep dive into their own dynamics and thus require writing poetry if the writer wishes to remain...

A collection of prize winning poetry, The Moon Over My Mother's House, explores family, aging, enduring and bittersweet love, loss, and connections. The poet ponders how the natural world reflects human nature. The poet muses on her original axiom that...

Louisa Muniz's debut collection is a testament to the power of healing and reclamation that follow personal family loss & longing. With her artistry of words and beautiful images she pulls us into magical, surreal & sometimes strange landscapes...

Me and Her Shadow invites its readers in, with The Sacrifice of Isaac, a short poem the author wrote for her daughter as a young child, in which she helps both of them learn how to let go. It's a universal experience for parents watching their...

These poems are an intimate portrait of a life set against the sweeping history of human exile and belonging, from ancient Persia to contemporary America, from the Indian coastline to the rivers and forests of Washington DC.Poems in A Story of the World...

Eminent Odia poet Binod Chandra Nayak's collection Sarisrupa was first published in 1969. The collection received Sahitya Akademi Award (India's award for letters) in 1970. This is the first international edition of global Odia poetry lovers.

Author Oliver Bestul wrote this 120-poem collection during the many rambling walks of his first year at college. He uses an original poetic structure, the "bestul," to explore the sad and unsettling. ...

In the dramatic novel Something Cropped Up, newlyweds Randy and LaNease are in the news because Randy’s famous. As they start a new life together, Randy’s excessive jealousy over LaNease erupts when she comes home late from work.Randy...

Children of Someone Else's Longing, investigates, through traditional and modern forms of poetry, landscapes of our human experience. Poems addressing interpersonal relationships and transitions over time and place are interspersed with questions...

Mothers sadly do not often receive the praise they deserve for their self-sacrifice and hard work. Franklin Douglas sings of their wondrous works in his new poetry collection Ode to Motherhood. Via the medium of forty-five poetic short stories, he...

A Book Of Quatrains: Original And Translated is a collection of poems compiled by Frederic Rowland Marvin and published in 1909. The book contains a variety of quatrains, which are four-line poems with a specific rhyme scheme. Some of the quatrains are...

شاعری چونکہ ایک اعلی قسم کا فن ہے اور اس فن میں ہر کوئی مہارت نہیں رکھتا جس کو ذوق اور شوق ہو وہی اس میں ماہر ہوتا ہے شوق اور ذوق سے لکھنے والوں کی تحریریں صاف دکھائی دیتی ہیں جو چیز فیاض صاحب کی کتاب دو بول میں نظر آتی ہے کتنے ہی شوق سے انہوں نے ہر شعر...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Poetry & prose pieces dedicated to the entire human experience. Following one woman's journey through love and heartbreak. Dedicating her work to those who have continuously surrounded her with love and support.

If I knew it was the last time,I would have held you longer. I would have never let go. From debut poet Isabella Fulbright comes a collection of poetry that explores the struggle and the beauty that emerge on the other side of rediscovering...

"The Book of Lashes by Mois Benarroch is full of true poetry of the oldest genre of Hebrew poetry: Prophecy." Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz 11/29/2005"The Israeli Bukowski." Yaron Avitov, Yediot Ajaronot, 1/11/2000For the first time in...

In the summer of 1987, wife and mother Maggie Dunbarton decides she must abandon her Chicago home and rent a small cottage on Lake Michigan when she learns that her high-powered attorney husband, Sheldon, is cheating on her. Facing difficult decisions...

<b>Battered, broken and looking for solitude smoke jumper Tric heads to Last Chance Beach and without warning walks into Kelly's cottage. She knows from experience this is the best place for him to recover and she'll share her safe haven...

Meet a black butterfly on the brink of abandoning love until she meets a gentleman who shows her the true meaning of love. You know, the kind of love that's evenly reciprocated. You will learn of her battles with pain, insecurities, love, and social...

A visual poetry collection of nontraditional, multimodal compositions on the subjects of love, desire, pain, pleasure, and gender identity. This book is in no way a guide on how to behave when you're in love, but at the core, these are love poems. Loving...

Vulnerable, beautiful and ultimately life-affirming, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz's work reaches new heights in her revelatory seventh collection of poetry. Continuing in her tradition of engaging autobiographical work, How to Love the Empty Air...

James Manlow was appointed in 2013 as the first Poet Laureate for Bournemouth, England. His poetry has appeared in The Independent, Poetry Review, Staple, Orbis, The Rialto, The Interpreter's House, Smith's Knoll, Dream Catcher, The Shop (Ireland), and...

Derrick C. Brown, author of UH-OH (..".a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words." Joel Lovell, The New York Times) and Born in The Year of the Butterfly Knife, elevates his newest collection of writing...

"Wanted: A coach for my wife. Only those who are between the ages of 30 and 40, who are healthy, strong and capable, who have considerable sexual experiences, should apply..."In this book of erotic fiction, the nameless protagonist accepts a...

Gutpunched by Love or at Least, Something is the debut collection of poems from the writer, Joe Currie. Writing in his own uniquely stark style, Currie explores the moments in life that make us feel as if we've been punched in the stomach, from the light...

When sound designer Su, a divorced mother of one daughter, falls in love with Jeremy, a widowed father of two sons, they want to build a new life together. As neither of their houses in Worcester is big enough for a family of five, they decide to build a...

Comfort Enotse married a man who wouldn't let anything get in the way of his ambition.While patiently waiting at his hospital bedside, she looks back on her long life in Nigeria, from her childhood as a clever young girl in the village of Agila up to her...

An ode to my teenage-hood and the evolution of my writing, 'memoirs from the moon' is a confessional, coming-of-age anthology which depicts themes of queer love, existentialism and trauma. An accumulation of five years of work, this collection is the...

The big day is looming, but the future has never seemed more uncertain. Jo had it all, until she didn't.Now, she's days away from saying 'I do' to the man who helped mend her broken heart and restore her optimism. She just has to fix one tiny thing...

In spare and unsparing lines, Eric Hyett charts his wavering voyage through love and grief as he accompanies his mother, the acclaimed poet Barbara Helfgott Hyett, on her descent into the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease: "My mother lives/ her...

"The Desert Store - The Red Cactus Orphanage" is the fifth book in a series about a unique desert store in New Mexico. The store, once a small white wood church built in the center of a healing energy vortex, attracts healers and other unusual...

"I opened my eyes to see the beauty and ugliness of humanity." Braeden Michaels creates a curve in the poetic stratosphere revealing glimpses of the characters who walk amidst the life of newly-widowed Stella Walker. By exposing the flaws, scars, quirks,...

My DearWill you ever knowWho the woman inside will beWhat story that she will tellWhat steps will she takeAnd what path would she createWhat is her purpose and passionWhich is far greater than anythingShe could imagine orEver knew she would beShe knew...

These poems were designed for some of the sweethearts that the poet has met during his lifetime. Some describe love, others describe pain. All are written from the heart, full of feelings that have been going through the poet's sentiment.Although not all...

A Historic Love: An Inevitable Fate is a love story told through poetry that documents the flourishing relationship of a man and woman destined to find one another. The poems are an inside look at a relationship that has seen the best parts of love with...

 Moorthy, Kavitha and Sanjay is a happy family living in England. One day, Kavitha becomes suspicious about her husband Moorthy's behaviour and starting to think that he may be having an affair with another woman. When she start to pay attention to...

 Guftagoo Zindagi Se... Shoki ke Alfazon Mein... carries my father's thoughts, his way of looking at society and his experiences. This book is his dream to reach out to people but he couldn't do it while he was between us. He also saw corona in an...

This is a literary composition composed for those who feel like nobody's listening. For my comrades, my mom and my dad, and my two sisters who showed me what it means to be different. For the drug addicts that fiend but still dream of better conditions,...

Calling all misfits to relish obscurities, introspection, and reconceptualization of the mundane within the pages of Modern Oddity: Poetic Musings of a Chronic Storyteller! Using realities true, borrowed, and imagined, Ayushee Roy wields her...

""The King's Bell"" is a historical fiction novel written by Richard Henry Stoddard and published in 1863. The story is set in the 17th century and revolves around the life of a young man named William, who is the son of a blacksmith. William is a...

A poetic celebration of the intimate endless layers and levels of love.

""Tears And Victory: And Other Poems"" is a collection of poetry written by Belle Walker Cooke and published in 1871. The book contains a variety of poems that explore themes of love, loss, and triumph. Some of the poems focus on the emotional struggles...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Ferry Keeper is the winner of the 2024 Grayson Books Chapbook Contest. Judith H. Montgomery cared for her mother and father in their declining years, as well as for her husband in his cancer journey. The Ferry Keeper chronicles her care for her...