Midnight Milkshakes by Jack Ray

This was the second collection in the poetry series by this author looking at one sided love when one person pulls away, leaving you questioning and guessing what changed and why when you gave them everything and they destroy your feelings anyway. A deep feeling collection showing all the emotions love and a breakup cause.

The Empty Nest by Jared Walker , Sarah Collins

This book was a tender picture book focused story telling for adults relatable around the subject of the pain of trying to conceive and the pain of a literal empty nest despite hopes to have even one little one. A beautiful book in illustration and tender in handling a painful topic with heartfelt compassion.

Unsent Letters by Sebastian

This was such a sweet collection of poetry especially reading from a guy's perspective, the experience of feelings and thoughts around crushes and relationships. Some stand out poems to me were: The Brave Version of Me, about hoping to be daring enough to tell the person you like exactly how you feel, bravely. Small Courage, about the way saying hi first can feel like a big step and change in dynamic. The Quiet Between Us, how silence can feel like the pause before a movie begins, full of tension and anticipation, even in silence. Dear You, was a great simple poem about how one person can inspire you to write, I know my person does for my own poems so this one resonates in it's simplicity. You Without Knowing, how that one person just stepping into your vision can make the day feel brighter and you lighter but they don't always realise how so, until you tell them! A beautiful collection built from the idea of unsent letters of thoughts that matter in the dynamic of relationships becoming and flourishing.

Loving In Real Time by Evelyn Alfieri

This book was a great read about self love and self worth, being brave and you always, unapologetically.

Through My Dirty Window by Artuu F Pace

A great collection of longer poems with sentences still as impactful interspersed between the poems and showing appreciation for nature surrounding us in daily life too.

The Space Between Our Whispers by Travis Park

This was such a lovely collection of poetry you can really feel how much love has impacted them in their life producing such emotive poetry. A short but nonetheless really impactful insight into love and life.

Do What You Love Fragility Of Your Flame by M J Mallon

This was such a great book, themed with fate's three sisters, encouraging and guiding like friends it was fun with a playful twist on serious topics, especially with the added photography too, which shows items inspiring the poetry for us to share in especially highlights of Edinburgh and Cambridge of which I know I have much to explore of the two myself.

Whispers For The Habit Of You by by T.Euke

This poetry collection focuses on how love settles into your life even if you split and distance is created, memories settle, leaving lingering love and appreciation from being present together and living through the unseen quiet and peacful moment's in complete comfort. A beautiful collection on the peace a relationship should provide you.

Unveiled: A Poetry Memoir by Ivy Cirillo

This poetry collection focuses on the way feelings as we grow up are as the title says, unveiled, in the way early life impacts us growing into adulthood and the lingering feelings that stay with us. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Childhood Anxieties, was a relatable poem how as kids we can grow up quicker and more resilient in the face of hard times and adversity we face. Breaking The Cycle, was a powerful poem of reclamation of self against family norms and proving you are your own person and not what anyone forces you to believe or make yourself be. Things I'll Never Get Used To, was so relatable as someone facing similar situations and constant questions that weigh heavy in your mind. Misfit & Admiration, were two poems that were so relatable how we can love things to enrich our lives but not ourselves and feel can still feel that we never fit in. Constant Comparisons, was a fantastic reflective poem of how different and more positive your view and our perceptions of each other could be, instead of just comparing ourselves to other versions of ourselves we've already been. Unapologetically You, was to me, the ultimate poem of self reflection and self love and appreciation for things we often see first as flaws before seeing them as strength. A collection to make you appreciate simply being you.

I Wish You Never Left: A Collection of Sad Love Poems for Broken Hearts and Healing Souls by Yogesh Chandra

This poetry collection is set a year and six months on after a break up, hence the title and two poems really stood out to me: The Weight Of Silence, how it can feel like a funeral when someone just ghosts you and falls silent. If We Hadn't Met, was such a beautiful nostalgic poem inspired by nature and all about the way life can be beautiful but is enhanced by feelings and emotions. A beautiful reflective collection in the aftermath of break up pain.