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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice From the award-winning poet at the height of his career, a book of personal and American experiences, both beautiful and troubling, touching on...

In Young Words, I expose many of the tough issues young people are facing, drawing from my own experiences. I discuss everything from education, finances, and occupation choices, to family life, relationships, and accomplishing goals. Young Words is a book of poetry highlighting the reality of the critical concerns that frame every young person’s life.

Can light shine from the darkness of disability? Is there hope in the life of a young carer? "Poetic Persuasion: The Young Carer's Ink" by Emmanuel Borges-Da-Silva explores these questions through a poignant collection of poetry. Drawing from his own experiences as a former young carer, Emmanuel captures the profound challenges and triumphs of caring for a loved one. The poems delve into universal themes of grief, hope, love, masculinity, and faith in God, offering a raw yet uplifting perspective on the human experience.

"These raw poems explore identity, creative expression, love, and relationships of young adults." The 60+ poems and brief prose pieces in this moving collection put into words the passionate thoughts that surface during everyone's coming of age. Through free-verse lines, the touching hopes, dreams, fears, and desires of many young adults from different cultures and backgrounds shine through as inspiration.

No relationship is perfect. Relationships require work. You get out what you put in. If you're in it to win, let the information in this book help you along the way to start, enhance, and/or revive your romantic relationship. Love can be amazing! Experiencing Love and Romance Through Poetry is intended to help adults realize their value when it comes to intimacy. It's all right if you're seeking love, already in love, or just a hopeless romantic. Hopefully, this book will reignite that spark to let your flame of love continue, or start, in passionate situations.

Words are powerful, and I hope the words in this book can help you put much into perspective to change your life for the better. Writing this book in 2020, during a global pandemic, helped me maintain my sanity. Therapy Through Poetry touches on love, femininity, masculinity, racism, kindness, and encouragement. I want to encourage listeners to live their best lives through kindness, hope, and happiness. Life is too short, and we should try to enjoy it. Relax and let the poetry, including haikus, in this book inspire you!

A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called "one of the poetry stars of his generation" (Los Angeles Times). "We sleep long, / if not sound," Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end/ we sing / into the wind...