Fragments Of Love by Saraswat Dey

This collection of poetry focuses on all the small fragments of showing love in poems displaying illustrational line drawings with each poem to annotate the idea and meaning further. The stand out poem to me was easily, Before You Fall Asleep, a simple idea but deep feeling about the tender moments shared before sleep together with your loved one. The collection perfectly captures all the ways you feel from falling in love, the tender moments, the hard goodbyes, the way love lingers in various ways in every day moments and after a relationship ends too. A great collection that absolutely suits it's title, a beautiful collection of fragments of love captured.

A Garden in the Dark: Poems of quiet strength, blooming in silence by Emory Rivers

This poetry collection is all about reconnecting to yourself after being hurt by people through life and how moving on and leaving them in the past can be freeing and healing over time for yourself. Some stand out poems to me were: The Beauty Of Solitude, a relatable poem about enjoying your own company, not being lonely but content pleasing yourself. Holding Hands With Loneliness, spoke openly of the empty space being more welcoming and comfortable than guessing how another truly feels to leave you questioning and worried over feeling content. The Mirror's Reflection, was a really relatable poem about body imagie discomfort caused by others judgement before our own appreciation for what it can do. The Roads We Didn't Take, about versions of us that could've once existed had we made different choices in life. Some heavy and powerful poems to relate to.

I'll Leave A Light On by William Bortz

This poetry collection was tender and hopeful and the title poem especially about the act of choosing each other again and again was beautiful. Some stand out poems to me were: Grasping, especially stood out as the tender breath of connection between a baby and parent. Apple Picking, too, about the delight in simple things providing joy in family life daily. Even When The Day Is Over, about returning to the one you love after a day whether full of good or bad moments. Tourniquet, was a great ending poem to remind us all the pain we can inflict on ourselves we have the ability to prevent harming us. A beautiful concept collection of the light family and connection provides us with hope and love, always.

Things I Never Learned How To Say by Ever Grin

This poetry collection focuses on some hard hitting life topics from grief, self love, cutting off friends and relationships despite the hurt it can cause but protect you from. The collection reads as poems giving truly honest reflections on life issues and hard times faced which we can relate to.

Poetry Book Hidden Narrative by Sohini

This poetry collection focuses on the pain childhood can cause in trauma lingering on into adult life and how you can feel you were diminished instead of cherished and how you can struggle with attachment and feeling solitude is safer after everything you've faced. A deep feeling collection.

It Will Be Ok by Gracie Madison Elizabeth

This poetry collection tells of the author falling in love, all the emotions that came with it and the aftermath of the ending of said relationship and friendship. The book was beautifully set out with black on white type and illustrations throughout to annotate the poems too it was a sad but beautiful collection of poems that flowed easily telling the story of love and friendship and the effects of the break-up leading hack to the title, especially, with hindsight too.

Distorted Mirror: Truth Scars Can't Cover by Lesli Black

This poetry collection focuses on the trauma lingering long after childhood and the echoes that persevere into adulthood and upon reflection of your life compared to others your age. Especially how at surface level, such as in photo's, a family can look perfectly fine. The book also talks deeply on sexual trauma and how the effects of sexual assault can almost rewire you as a person struggling and existing in survival mode. A collection that cuts deeply and cuts no corners in the brave depth of honesty.

3AM Poems by Ashis Tiwari

This poetry collection focuses on the thoughts that creep in and linger during the night and echo in the day too from feeling low and unsure to feeling the story of how faking happy can be more draining and ultimately how writing and talking can help, especially making this collection I know so many will easily relate too from spending nights overthinking, ruminating and finding yourself unable to switch off and sleep.

Trauma's Witness by SaDee Hodge

This new poetry collection by SaDee holds nothing back alike in her other poetry collections about trauma and abuse in relationships and how the effect's linger set across six parts in the book. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: The Graveyard Of Memories, was an epic poem of reclamation of your favourite things after the trauma caused and their lingering memories. Not Guilty, was such a sad and solemn poem of how the system can be so wrong for the victim's of crime. Shell-shock, was an absolutely honest match up between war and trauma and how so many terrible situations can be traumatic and cause lingering PTSD in years after the event happening and the way it's not just caused by wartime as can be so often mistaken for being the solo situation to be the only cause and effect of PTSD. I also was delighted to read the final part and learn that SaDee after everything bravely being retold has been supported and is feeling more positive currently too.

Sad Faery Poems 2 by T.L. MacRae

This new collection from T.L. MacRae was a great new no holding back continuation of her Sad poetry series, detailing highs and lows of feelings and relationships with reflections on past relationships, hopes for finding someone just like you to stay and lots of honest, raw and deep discussion on past abuse. A couple of stand out poems to me were: Unrequited Love, such a simple poem about the magic of liking soneone so much and the feelings they can evoke in you. Struggling, was an honest poem about trying an failing to make money last especially now it's so relatable to many especially more so when you've grown up living in poverty barely scraping by and being forced into picking and choosing which bills to pay. I loved how this collection ties back to discussing the other previous collections and is so empowering in owning making art from painful situations. The collection also ends on a hard reflective note on abuse and important messages about trust and love. I also appreciated the end acknowledgement note as a fellow self publishing writer, in a world changing I too feel often for the worse I agree with every word written and agree that writing is definitely the healthiest therapy for yourself.