To The Boy Who Used To Love by Ella X

This was a really relatable collection for anyone who has been through or is going through a break up. Two stand out poems to me of this collection were, Goodbye and Afraid, two short verse poems that state true facts about feeling you deserved better and afraid of not moving on even over time to come. A book that perfectly captures how a breakup can be like mourning someone still living and the stages of acceptance, regret, reflection and moving on you experience.

Hope and Humiliation: A Journey of Love by Lucy Barton

The book tells the story of Lucy and John, how deep love can feel and drowning at the same time when not fully met and felt by both people. Split between telling the story in small chapters and poetry combined it was a great read, almost like a novel and so well written only completely true sadly for Lucy what she went through in her late teens/early twenties of this trying relationship. Two Minds, was a poem I relate to so much about wondering why you don't see someone so much who's feelings don't match yours and for me captured exactly how a relationship can feel one sided and unmet emotionally by a guy, the book shows how a relationship can make you feel lesser and inadequate and if you've ever been in a draining, second guessing relationship, you will absolutely relate to this book in many parts.

Static Communication by L.Q. Murphy

This poetry collection shows us the power of words and communication between people, the main theme through the whole book about the power we hold in connecting with each other, showing us how good and bad we can feel through the emotions connections can bring us. A couple of stand out poems to me of this collection were: I Feel The Static, about a relationship stalling in progress. Trust Has Fatigued, about chances taken, feeling broken and lost amid distrust or betrayal. I really enjoyed this collection and the title especially plays well into rounding up the collection's meaning when all you want is to talk to someone and get through to them just to be met with static and how that leaves you feeling.

For The Moments We Shared by Happily Lover

A beautiful collection of verse poetry about finding love and how love unifies and guides through quiet moments of silence, imperfections as shared beauty, hand in hand embracing life together as it's journey unfolds for you. The collection had a gorgeous flow and rhyme to it too, yours in music was my favourite poem/letter in the final section of the book which rounded off the collection beautifully in my opinion.

Collide by Isaac Paredes

This poetry collection was all about the risk and joy in meeting people and allowing them space in your life if they try and make an effort back to show they appreciate you and how we all see each other better than we see or talk to ourselves. Sometimes colliding can result in bravely and honestly opening up to each other exactly as this collection captures all the feelings it brings.

Whispers Of My Soul by Kylie Adams

This was a lovely collection of deep feeling poetry. Some poems that stood out to me most were: Entangle and Love That Stays were two beautiful poems about staying through the bad times and being steady support for each other through the good and bad times. Unattainable, was a great poem summing up unrequited love or one sided limerence. A short collection speaking lots of lovely short verses of truth.

Dining with the Enemy by Winnie Nantongo

This book perfectly captures how self doubt can make you question your self worth and have you feeling low as well as dealing with depression and anxiety as well which can all too often arrive hand in hand an unwelcome trio to wreck havoc on your mind. Regrets, was such a truthful loaded poem I think everyone will find something to relate to in it about feeling the need to change to try to fit in when we shouldn't The Calm After, all about self love and embracing who we are, what we like and don't like unashamedly too really sums up how in trying to people please we can lose part pof our identity too easily too. A really great collection with many points you can relate to easily in daily life experiences.

Echoes Of You by Marius Burger Lourens

Marius has wriiten a beautiful trilogy of poetry about love, loss and grief of a relationship, this being the first book of the series. Some poems which really spoke to me: Heartbeats Between Us, was a beautiful poem about feeling in sync with your love. The Place We Called Home, was a great poem about how the home you shared feels more a haunted building, a shell that is just a house now after your love has left leaving just traces behind and a broken dream of the future that could've been. It was a really touching collection of deep feeling poetry and I'll definitely be reading the next two books as well!

Echoes of Us: Shared Memories, Love Remembered: A Journey of Love, Loss, and Reflection by Marius Burger Lourens

A great book of poetry about a couple in love and sadly, experience after their break-up too. The Echo Of Your Touch, I found a deeply moving poem about how all aspects of life without your love change from small moments daily shared to bigger moments too. The Space You Left, this one too I really felt seeing the love you had in everything you do and everywhere you go like a ghost haunting you. A Love Unfinished, aliking the end of a relationship to an unfinished book in life is so true and understandable and relatable for anyone who's experienced a loving relationship breakdown and feeling the story came to a sudden abrupt end unwantedly. A really moving collection and the second part of the series of three books currently available too which I'm working my way through reading.

Echoes Of The Heart by Marius Burger Lourens

Marius has written a beautiful trio of books around the subject of love from a male's perspective which is always wonderful to see guys picking up their pens or typing out thoughts and feelings more, this being the final book in this collection. The Ache That Stays, was one poem which did really stand out to me about love lost that's ended, even though you had imagined the future with them. I love the rythm and flow of this collection with lots of musical references too relating to the beats, tempo, rythm of hearts and love in sync, melodies and tunes ended. Lots of dramatic rise and fall, really melodic well flowing poetry, painting your mind with imagery as you read. I have to say this was easily my favourite book of the collection, I really do recommend reading the series through which I have reviewed them all on here now too!