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Read by the author and poet, Brian Bilston. Why do we write poetry? Who should write it? And where do you even start? Well, Brian Bilston, one of the UK’s most hilarious and best-loved poets, is here to take us through the hows, whys and whats of reading, writing and enjoying poetry every day...

Many are familiar with teacher and poet Mark Nepo's books on inner transformation, relationship, and the emergence of purpose in our lives. But less well-known is the journey that shaped his vision as a teacher that began in 1987 when he was diagnosed with cancer. The revelations during that...

Let Aubrey E. Drummond take you on an emotional journey—from the pain of losing love to a prayer to love again. Search for a ray of hope in this bitter world. Wish for the gift of flight to free ourselves. Witness the hatred of a bitter old man. Become lost in the voices that creep into our minds and learn just how it feels to be Black living in today’s society. Experience all this and more in this new book: Hello, Stranger .

This book is a T4T love letter to the living cosmos, to Jewish mystics who get a little slutty with it, to anarchists who make their every day-to-day choice as if the healed world is already here, to people whose gender identities are just on the verge of disintegrating. You are hereby invited to use this book as a sacred text, which is to say, to use this book as a sex toy, which is to say, to use this book as your incense, your needle, your wedge, your weapon in the waging of spiritual warfare against Control.

How Hot It Be in Hell contains 39 poems written by the 5-star reviewed author Aubrey E. Drummond. The author goes from questioning Life and his work to celebrating life, love, and happiness and finally to confronting Death, Horror, and perhaps the end of us all.

In Struck Inside Out, writer and blogger Danielle Bertoli delivers lessons on cultivating daily inspiration, overcoming heartbreak, and loving yourself unconditionally. This moving companion offers reminders that no matter what you’re going through, you can handle it. Through reflections in poetry and prose, Danielle shares her story of overcoming obstacles to transform self-doubt into self-love.

“I was twelve when they locked me away. They didn’t give me therapy though. They gave me trauma.” Broken Doll is a brutally honest collection of poetry and artwork created from inside the walls of psychiatric institutions. Written by Michelle, a survivor who spent her entire adolescence sectioned in mental health units, this book lays bare the pain, confusion, and silent fury of growing up in a broken system. Through raw, emotionally charged poems and haunting original artwork, Michelle documents years of systemic abuse, isolation, and resistance.

Inside out is a collection of poems by Seattle-raised writer and musician Alex Rasmussen. Composed over the course of several years spent performing across the US, the poems explore topics from love to loneliness, eccentric painters to hollow consumers. Each work is a piece of a puzzle which, once assembled, shows in vivid detail a life shaped by the journey from turbulent childhood to nomadic artist.

A family reunification, Pixie dreams, and seeking change. Just what is it to be a man? Some of the thoughts raised in Drummond's latest poetry. The use of false prophecy to steer men's souls, what it is to fall in and out of love, and lastly, songs are hearts sometimes sing.

write what I feel in this book, Each thought is a web of sentences. Through this book of poetry my life is swept in word, contemplating sorrow, remembering the verb. And so I write away on feelings of sheets that let go, like doves in the wind gliding on my whim. I hope they find their way to you, and you open these words that enlighten you. To which the pages speak true for you that only the brightest will see.

A captivating look into my journey of writing between the ages of 10 and 32 years old. A fantastic selection of captivating stories and poems from friendship and love to demons and time travel.

A Look Inside: Sonnets, Quatrains, Pantoums and Other Poems, offers short descriptions of many styles of poetry, followed by original poems inspired by each of these styles. The author shows us that anything can be the seed of creativity needed to tell a story and share thoughts and opinions. Through writing, we can explore our own point-of-view, or imagine being someone or something else, and wondering how they think and feel.

Would you like to live forever, Discover the sensation of love for the first time, become lost and confused in an ebony cloud, and celebrate love in a sky highway? Let Aubrey E. Drummond take you on a journey through the ups and downs of life, the passions of love, the joy and sorrows of song, the depression of racism and lastly walk with him into the dark pits of evil and witness the sight of its birth.

Inside this debut collection, girlhood’s dangers echo, transmuted, in the poet’s fears for her son. A body just discovering the vastness of “want’s new acreage” is humbled by chronic illness. Epithalamion turns elegy. But this world that so often seems capricious in its cruelty also shelters apple orchards, glass museums, schoolchildren, century-old sharks; “there’s no accounting for / all we want to save, no names.” Oliver’s polyphonic gathering of speakers includes lovers and saints, painters and dead poets, a hawk and a mother.

From the Inside of Corners by Taran Ailey is a poignant collection of poetry and prose that delves into the raw and intricate emotions of being human. Through vivid and heartfelt verse, Ailey explores the depths of grief, heartbreak, loss, life, and love, capturing the nuances of our most profound experiences.

1476 couplets contrast the outsiders of the state with the insiders of particular societies of American commerce. Keynesian outsiders think they know better than the competitive insiders of commercial operations. Professors, in the outer towers of academe, contrive unhealthy constraints for the inner places of enterprise.

For the days when shadows feel long and the path ahead seems uncertain, this collection is a hand to hold. The Sun Inside You is a curated journey of 101 poems designed to be a source of light, strength, and unwavering self-belief. This book is a companion for the quiet moments of healing, a source of courage when you need it most, and a celebration of the resilient, powerful, and brilliant person you have always been. These verses are more than just poems; they are reminders that no matter the storm, you carry your own sun.

Gathering inspiration from a life of travel, hope, long-distance relationships, healing, and adventure, Frayne invites listeners into her world. The Gravity Inside Us is an ode to whatever it is we carry that pulls us in and out of place, and speaks so insistently of fate. Through writing about her own experiences, this book is a reach into that space.

Immerse yourself in the soul-stirring verses of Aubrey E. Drummond’s second poetry collection, Eating ‘Round the Toilet Stool. Following the success of Boy, Kant You Read, Drummond continues to captivate with his poignant reflections on love, life, grief, and death. Experience the world through the eyes of a black man, as he weaves tales of reality and fantasy into a tapestry of emotions. Don’t miss this journey into the heart of life’s complexities.

From author and mind scientist Syed Mazhar Uddin Taj, this collection of poetry looks at the brain and mind and how we can create a better life for ourselves through poetic guidance. Beginning with poems for children, the author/poet encourages children to be mindful and think of others. To learn about ourselves and how to deal with stress from a young age can make us into more calm and relaxed adults.