Hello Grief, Welcome Home by Lindani Gwamanda

A short yet emotion filled collection of poems how grief arrives and remains in daily life touching everything, lingering with reminders of the love shared, nurtured and lost, a really beautiful collection with many relatable lines and moments for reflection.

Intoxicated Poems by Vaidehi Kanathe

The title of this collection intrigued me and it speaks of love as the drug, falling in to lust and deep love, never wanting to part and poetry from feelings being more intoxicating that alcohol to try cope with your feelings in a more healthy and productive way.

Reminder by Esseme

This little poetry collection serves us reminders in a few lines only, each poem tells how love should be a priority, easy and not an hard time or argumentative constantly instead it should be beautiful. Each poem is like small little served reminders like glimmers of hope to educate.

Dark Skies And Car Conversations by Kai Rowan

A short poetry collection about the beauty of late night drives igniting bright hope and honesty in thoughts to become this beautiful collection of poetry.

Misplaced Diary by Shira Sanjh

This was a collection of lengthier poetry about unrequited love and crushes, the effect the particular one you admire or adore can make you feel and believe there's nothing better than them, you can't write them better or find another as good.

Undeliverable Love Poems by Shannon Sonnenberg-Pietila

This poetry collection focuses on how the loves of your lives can provide a story and shape your views of life and situations. Too Late, was a great poem on reflection of a break-up and realising how good someone was and the desire to go back when you can't. A short but detailed storytelling style poetry collection.

The Broken Heart Poetry by Joanna Kurczak

Really beautiful words in dedication to love, the feeling, emotion of it, raw and honest in love and after breaking up, the longing and loss, something we can all relate to in this collection.

Pieces Of My Heart by Despoina Kemeridou

I was drawn to read this collection for the fact it is themed to be darker from the tagline on the cover and having previously enjoyed Despoina's other moving poetry collections. From the start there is a fantasy edge to the writing with knights and ladies, a hero's theme too, before moving on to haunted house theme too. The poem, Me As I Am, was relatable and so simple the way it was written just stating facts and I love when you can really relate to poetry to get you thinking about life and situations too. Darker but still deeply moving!

Songs Of Her Smile by Kavinaar

This book was a poetry collection all about a girl and her smile, a unique poetry collection about how a smile can be a great welcome and inviting to spark a conversation, feelings or even a friendship or relationship. A unique collection and quick to read easily in a day, simple yet effective poetry.

Matters of the Heart by Zaïnab El Meziani

A lovely collection of verse poetry about matters of love. Losing You, the realest poem to me of the collection about leaving someone you loved behind but hoping they still think of you and hold a happy memory of you as a parting wish still. It was tender, touching and truthful that you can easily relate to.

All About You by G. Gray

This collection focuses on the breakdown of a relationship and dealing with the split alongside mental health too, really deep powerful poetry. Time Tells, was a particularly emotive poem about physical pain from heartbreak as the title says, over lengths of time passing by, the hurt, hope, loss, grief, healing a full eclipse of emotions like the collection explores indepth.

A Fire In The Sunset by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev

A beautiful poetry collection of falling in love and imagery of nature and exploration of human bodies in desire and passion of romance blossoming over the decade the book spans across. Both heart warming and heartbreaking poetry, it is a collection worth a read with many beautiful metaphors.

Emotional Masochist by Breniecia Hayes

This book's poetry perfectly captures how love at first can seem amazing before turning darker and not seeming to be as wonderful as first seen to be with abusive tendencies and toxicity that wears you down over time these poems were lengthy and in depth describing how both people in the relationship acted and the subsequent pain caused to the author which inspired this whole collection of poetry.

Last Act of Love by Stacey Nicole Douglas

This newest collection by Stacey focuses on the thoughts and feelings on reflection of a relationship ending, the severing of ties and the way music can be a bridge of longing and memories as you're left to grieve someone still living, the way you stop visiting places they did too, how you can long for someone despite the pain caused to you by them, how little things are big in total at the cost of feelings and how it effects you both short and long term.

The Girl Beneath the Moon: Poems on Healing, Motherhood, Love, Loss, and Becoming by Courtney Bailey

This was such a beautiful collection of poetry from the ages and stages of life we grow through. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Little Bones Carry Big Things, the way life can be heavier yet invisible to others around a child, clueless to the weight the little one carries. Hyperaware, was a poem about how you learn young to read a room from looks and tone instead bracing yourself, instead of feeling safe. The Loop, was a great poem and to me, makes me think of my anxious mind spiralling into thoughts Too Much and Never Enough, was again, a really relatable poem about how different people have different views of you depending on your relationship with that person. The whole section of poems about grief was so basic on the surface of the discussion but that's the beauty of the discussion because grief even talked about the basic of the person being gone, opens up a whole new depth, that every layer, every memory held or never made, because time passed like they did, taking a new shape of loss and especially the poem December, to me the month containing Christmas is one to survive because it's a sad reminder of all missing and not all to love when so many we loved have gone, it is just cold and empty grief. Eight Years Later, wow what a beautiful poem, an almost poetic story telling of our author's life in discovering love and growing up entwined. Near the end of the collection a poem simply titled, To My Husband, about the depth of love built over years of trust and choosing each other. Strawberry and Cherry, were literally sweet little poems to each little daughter and their unique way of providing love. Each section of poems is like a reflection on parts of life we live through and how we feel older, wiser, looking back on how we've grown from going through the situations faced it was a truly beautiful well structured poetry book and a delight to read.

Overheard At Wholefoods by Idiocratea

This collection alike the others in this series too, had me laughing from start to finish at the unbelievable and inevitable moments you face hearing in shops. The different brands/types of water promoting various kinds of benefits was one I totally understood, unexpected kale discussion and cash usage in generational divide, dogs in various bizarre laughable situations their owners have thought up from diets to electricity producing and some very odd and random diet chats too. The most hilarious parts of this collection to me, were the parents chats to their kids in the shops, utterly hilarious, from organic foods, learning food symbols and kids random comments unfiltered and unstoppable by their parents. It was a great book to spend an evening reading and thinking about what you do hear people chatting about when out shopping!

Night Light by Isaac Paredes

Touching on the impact of the dark nights, thoughts and feelings arising on reflection of loneliness and the feeling of wishing to change and wishing to escape and the depths of your mind causing you to feel worthless in the spiral of thoughts you experience, especially by night laying awake contemplating and overthinking, a relatable collection for anyone who feels and thinks deeply especially in the dark early hours.

What I Wish I Said To You by Isaac Paredes

Detailing how falling in like or love can be deep, chemical, touching on self hatred, facing yourself in the mirror but embracing your flaws for how you see them isn't how others do and tackling your mind this was a concise collection of poetry straight to the depths of what effects us most in life.

readme.txt by Connie Pillon

This collection is told through a series of published snippets of poetry and daily thoughts around a variety of subjects from self love, to projection and addiction and how we should all work on simply being happy in ourselves before trying to be with somebody else as if we're not happy it won't make for a joyous relationship without mutual love and respect for each other and your feelings.

The Love That Stayed Unsaid (The Quiet Rooms Series Book 2) by Linda Odelmar

This poetry collection is the second in the series and focuses on the feeling of love when chance has been missed, the way someone is unforgettable for the way they're so memorable to your mind and body, I especially enjoy the poetic examination of silence in the way objects and rooms hold so much noise screaming in painful silence in what remains in the aftermath, from a hoodie, cup, coffee, simply space and how communication breaking down, words and actions being misinterpreted can lead to deep misunderstanding and the silence of what is left and as the title says, remains unsaid.

Unrequited by Misti S

This was a great collection of poetry which dives in to the title of unrequited love with depth of how it can effect you and your day life/habits. Some stand out poems of the collection to me were: Lost Too Many Homes, about literally moving and too losing so many people you love to not want to feel so vulnerable again. Safe Space, was such a tender poem about wanting to be the person you like so much's person to go to confide in It was a short yet concise collection working well as it is.

After You, There Was Silence by Albert Pillot

A fantastic collection of poetry focusing on the pain of love and losing it, short but concise and the poems have some beautiful rhymes too. If you've been heartbroken this is a book to show you others have felt the pain in different ways but that it can get better in time.

Healing Poems For Letting Go by Bryn Tandon

This collection of poetry is one to help you sit, reflect and realise truth's about life experiences and how you can find ways to progress and heal from whatever hurt you before leading you to healing, from the way we can replay past memories, tracing the hurt again and again before accepting it happened, it hurt but we have the power to not linger in the hurt forever, we can regret but accept and choose to close the door and move on from it all even when it can feel like there's no hope and a heavy weight to deal with. These poems instill and inspire having the courage to try and heal from whatever you have faced and it is always justified to try.

Meet Me At Table Twelve by Everly True

This was a great book full of humorous language and for the characters mixing literal business with pleasure for the two main characters working together closely trying to ignore their connection was brilliant to read and sweet to see their dynamic play out as they work closely together, it was a sweet and fun quick read with a great dynamic between the two main characters.

Ache And The Glow by Darshika Jain

This poetry collection focuses on during and after relationships and break-ups. Some stand out poems to me were: Guests Of The Soul, was a powerful poem alike how people fill rooms it's who stays after entering or chooses to return again and again who truly care and matter most. Half Naked Truth, about self perception from the mirror's reflection and how we can judge harshly our image over our personality within. For The Men Who Love Softly, talking how men are beautiful too in how they love gently, softly, caring for their family, partner, kids and being quietly caring in actions. More Than Flowers, how building a life starts with small gestures into larger commitments as time goes on, a bouquet over time choosing, becomes a garden to nurture together. A beautiful collection of becoming poems from the right love that makes you glow and shine bright when it's right.

To My First and Only Star by Salin Vishwakarma

This was a beautiful collection of poetry to first love and speaking directly to 'yew' their beloved in a series of poems of hope and wishes for them though they may now be apart, they can still wish them well for their now separate futures for what they did share at the time and the lasting meaningful memories from their moments together.

You Felt Like Home: Reflections On Love, Green Flags & Everything In Between by Amber Scott

This was a beautiful collection of poetic reflections of love how the right relationship and person makes everything softer, brighter, joyful, feeling the ease of being equal partners, plain simple mutual feelings with added sweetness, kindness, the beauty of a name being such a simple thing we say yet like music about the one you love and the way the beauty of the natural world speaks to you when comparing it to love and finding a half that feels complete with you blooming and growing, glowing and feeling like you're at home with the one you love.

I Laughed So Nobody Asked by T.Euke

This collection focuses on the quiet ones, the people that can be perceived as loud, happy etc but deep inside likes the quiet, the fragile truth masked, alike the cover of the collection was clever in showing with the use of the removed mask laid down. Talking of how depression isn't just visible crying and sadness and the way we pretend too often rather than being open and hoenst with struggles for fear of judgement, the way we can easily serve up compassion for others but not ourselves, instead often speaking harshly to our own self and the way depression takes small moment's and makes you feel like they're forecasts of the future, happy or sad and how frightening and daunting it can be to be honest and answer that deeply, you're not ok, how the mirror can feel like a liar when you look and see nothing special unlike how others see you and celebrate you easily and how depression can move in and swallow up space where things you loved and enjoyed and found joy in get taken away. I particularly enjoyed the final note reaching out to anyone relating to the collection in the words shared and honestly as a retail worker and someone who has experienced using antidepressants, I always look at everyone I encounter in daily life with kindness and compassion because it is so true that we don't know what each other cannot bring themselves to say aloud and is dealing with quietly.

Read This When You're Not Okay by T.Euke

I love a book that makes you think and reflect especially after facing rough and tough times and this book was absolutely one that reaches deep within your heart and mind to make you think about what you've faced, survived and continue to live, survive and maybe even learn to thrive after. From comparison and feelings that weigh heavy, this book is a companion style read to make you realise thoughts and feelings will pass they're not here forever and read this book when you need a hand to process how you're feeling and check in with yourself.

If Soul's Remember by T.Euke

This collection focuses on the way meeting someone can feel like a reunion though you've never met before timing was right and you crossed paths. Focusing on the concept's of making room, saving space to be ready when the right person arrives, unexpectedly right on time and the waiting, remembering and listening along the way including the tiny things and truths becoming you and making you who you are and how building comfort in smiles and silence that's peaceful and inevitably in me becoming we so easily.

Becoming Poems Of Wholeness by Evelyn Valehart

This poetry collection speaks of how the natural world, every light, every night, embraces the pieces of us, good and bad, broken and sad, a map to be whole again in a new way from healing and discovering how to be whole as we grow through life and situations.

Bloom Poems Of Healing by Evelyn Valehart

This was a beautiful collection of poems on slowing down and appreciating all the beauty of the natural world around us continuing on even when we're so busy and how alike flowers we are too needing water to nurture and sunlight to feel and heal through life.

Whispers Of Night by T.Euke

This collection is inspired by the night, the thought's and feelings that can creep in and settle with us. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Hunger Has A Voice, I Chose The Fall and What The Body Knows, are the three opening poems which map the way how we can feel the anticipation before the becoming and breaking of undeniable chemistry leading to action inevitably. Quiet Devotion and Moonlight Rules, about fitting easily amd the safety intimacy and softness can make you feel both seen and vulnerable in the tender dark hours. A collection that speaks of how the weight of night-time can lead to embracing the deepest thoughts and desires honestly.

Whispers Made Of Fire & Bone by T.Euke

This collection focuses on the way connection can feel inevitable, a flame that neither can deny nor tame for the spark. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: In The Rooms Where I Miss You, how presence lingers in the essence of a room. Tender As The Dark, how the dark brings an almost ethereal sensual peace when night-time is when we rest with the one we love the most, not having them there the dark still comforts or taunts depending on the situation. Closer Than Breath, a poem how tension and desire in a mutual spark of interest can be a ticking time bomb until action. The Way I Hold You, was a beautiful love poem how knowing from previous hurt the purity of the right love and choosing time and time again to try and how trying is enough. Forbidden Hunger and other poems in the collection were sensual in the language of want, restraint and the art of temptation freying and the way two people were inevitably meant to become entangled in each others lives because sometimes a spark is undeniable, but inevitable.

The Window On The Train by Moonlit Paper Press

This collection was firstly beautiful in it's simple clean white page, black text and simple illustration layout. A few stand out poems to me were: Leaves In Autumn, how they glow before falling to their metaphorical death. Nothing Much, a poem about just enjoying time that we have, how we choose to. Remembering Us, how on reflection you can remember the good of a relationship and the beauty of the duo you were. The Spaces Between, was a simple lovely poem about how when you wake, before you sleep and in the little moments in-between during the day that one person stays on your mind you care for the most. The final section of the collection focuses on thoughts, reflections and notes from train journeys and how we see life on reflection and the collection had some beautiful nature and seasonal themed poetry to finish on.

I Sit Here and Hide: Poems of Silence, Survival and the Inner Room by Linda Odelmar

This opening poetry collection is book one in a new series and this was such a clever collection using the metaphor of a home, rooms and how alike our houses are to our body being our own personal house. Some stand out poems to me of this collection were: Repaint, how we decorate our houses with art alike our bodies craving to make them more perceivably beautiful. Everyday pulse, about how the morning rush around a house to get ready can feel like the house itself is alive and breathing with you. On The Way, was a great poem about how everything that happens in life how it has meaning for us and all is survival shaping us in the end. New Wings, about letting out the hurt and emotions from grey to colour again alike butterflies Uncut Diamond, was a beautiful poem about the perspective of us we never experience; through someone else's eyes and their opinion of us that we don't know, wealth in some way is how we are seen by others in character not literal monetary value. A fantastic collection to see a broader vision and other versions of ourselves from others interpretations.

Whispers I Mean to Keep by T.Euke

This new addition to the Whispers series of poetry talks us through everyday life thought's and feelings in poetic snippets. Talking of the way you can feel yourself in the wrong love or relationships being diminished from how bright and loving you are in caring so deeply, to the way the right love and relationships make you feel the most calm and you as you are naturally from feeling safe, trusted, loved and appreciated, it was a collection all about compatibility and choosing each other over and over, embracing vulnerability and speaking whispers from the heart.

Amidst a Breakdown by Aiyana DeNoyelles

This is a brave poetry collection so open, honest and the way poetry should be, embracing every emotion and sharing them in words to help console others and for us to relate to. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Stolen Childhood, a poignant poem how life can feel frozen and lacking progression in the aftermath of growing up in a way different to your peers Alone, talks of how we walk beside each other with our own personal battles within that we can only find peace from in sleep. Overthinking and Sadness, these were two poems about the power others have to hurt us and the painful aftermath of situations remaining with us. Is This Meant To Be Fun, about how people come into and then leave our lives and how it is never fun but usually painful in the aftermath of learning to cope and heal from the loss of someone still alive just no longer by our side. Belong, was a great poem of the way naturally things we observe and take for granted just naturally belong and exist, the beauty of the every day world surrounding us we can often overlook. My Favourite and Trust So Fragile, were two tender soul deep poems about trusting someone so deeply and being everything to you, trusting and loving them as a friend or partner. I Don't Wish You Well, was so relatable in how sharing your favourite band with someone can taint the band forever to you, taking more joy from your life after a split too as their music forever reminds you of the other person. Longing To Be A Priority, how you trust others to be let down time and time again, never a priority, just an option or a maybe. I Couldn't Forget If I Wanted To, about nature reminding you of lost one's and the lingering feelings. Anxieties Grasp, was such a relatable poem if you've ever struggled with panic attacks or anxiety, especially out in public and feeling the need to hide urgently to try to cope and control your mind's spiral. A collection of so many tender life moment's captured, discussed and shared, raw, honest and emotionally open as poetry allows us the freedom to be, a fantastic collection.

Becoming by Christina Bloom

This book focuses on the feelings of becoming, as you yourself and as a partner in a partnership, when in a relationship progressing. Some stand out poems to me were: Deep Needs and Burden, were two poems talking of the craving of connection and intimacy between two people, what you desire, need but still hope you're not a burden on them in some way. Then & Now, a poem all about self doubt and hope believing you can do something but doubting all the way to doing it and proving it to yourself that you are capable. Adore, was a simple love poem of how simply being with someone you love should be and can be easy, reading them is second nature and natural. It was a beautiful collection centered around all types of progression into becoming you.

When The Sun Had A Hue by Jupiter M. Moon

This poetry collection truly captures the nostalgic feeling of longing for childhood, the freedom we once had and the innocence of life when young without burden. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Velvet Dreams, the opening poem perfectly captures the collection's theme and sets the scene. A Big Yard, was a poem I think many of us can relate to in the way our free time was free and now everything is so expensive we have to to work to stay afloat and have no free time left over for us more frequently now. I don't care for the beach anymore, about how life now through media formats inspires us to stay indoors not embracing life and our bodies instead feeling judged. A Pea & Surgery, were two fun poems about the way we played and embraced creativity as children unburdened by feeling judged for what we did or loved. Lost In A Book, was a beautiful poem of the joy of reading as a child and the way growing up tv and media can take over and so we stop enjoying it so easily anymore. The Words Have Changed Too, about the language and phrases from childhood fun and joy become stale and demanding as an adult. Awakening, was the deepest poem to me of the whole collection especially the mention of loss as with age comes new layers of grief and loss in friends, family and pets too. It was a truly beautiful collection of poetry I know so many of us growing up through the same realisations will read and resonate with.

Clay by Joi W

This poetry collection used the metaphor of clay in relation to growing through life and how from the start of life we learn about love from how we're received, held and treated and how through life the pattern of care or lack of echoes. Alike the clay metaphor, the book discusses how from you can go from being soft to hardening, how you get treated becomes nature and sets your expectations in life for how you expect to be treated by anyone and everyone in the future but also being conscious of what you wish to find. The book talks of how the language of touch is not just natural in a relationship but something sacred and translatable between two people so deeply connected and how the feeling from the discussion of touch, the textures of feelings metaphorical and literal and the way clay alike human bodies is shaped by experience whether we want it to be or not, like clay can fold or remain. I honestly cannot pick just a few poems that stood out when reading this collection through because the flow was not only spectacular, it was also readable in a sequence that led fluidly from one to the next and each poem was expertly crafted but I will say the ending poems on self love and reflection of after relationships change you was poignant to finish on.

Sad Faery Poems: Volume Three (Sad Faery Poems: A Season of Poetry Book 3) by T.L. MacRae

I always enjoy T.L. MacRae's books for the real unfiltered discussion of such topics others would shy away from discussing or being so open about and this new collection continues on in a diary style of poems documenting life through the days, weeks and months of a season and through the ever changing life experiences we live through. A couple of stand out poems to me were: Giving Myself All The Love In The World, is a simple self love poem all about how to truly settle in who you are and loving yourself should be to care but not stress the care and how you protect your art and use your pain as fire and fuel to inspire your creativity long-term. Crush, all about the ways eye contact can be a bridge to make you question feelings and intentions and make you think, even after toxic relationships that hope can be alive and lingering for a future different to the past you endured facong and living through. It was a fantastic new addition to the series, a great reflective collection of thoughts and feelings on love and life.

The Ones Who Were Never Mine by Ester Poppy

This was a great collection and concept born from the world of connection these days being online and the fickle nature of apps and swiping being draining and tiring in a never ending cycle of trying to make connections which all vary in beginning and progressing. Some stand out poems to me were: House Tour, the opening poem of the collection was completely Sabrina Carpenter vibes but deeper in depth and sour in tone how letting someone so close can feel toxic when they see the deep intimate parts of yourself and still leave eventually. The Distance, was a melancholic poem of longing to be anyone but yourself to feel desired as you see happening around you constantly. The Pretend Gentleman, was a poem about hurt from a guy who seems perfect but deep underneath the physical surface you find the deeper truth The Mystery, about a kind guy, warmth and cold coexisting, made me think of a guy I knew the same mystery who was all in then disappearing the next minute and never showing true intentions. Temporary, about sharing time with a person and the way it can leave a lingering sadness deep within when you're especially a creative soul, deep feeling and your emotions can spill easily when you get let down yet again. In Another Life, was a beautiful poem of longing to be close to the one you desire the most and how the aching can be more hurtful than the reality of simply even just knowing them. This was a deeply moving collection about the nature and way of dating, love and relationships in modern times.

Where Love Fell Silent by Christina Bloom

This poetry collection focuses on the way the silence after a relationship ends and the way you are left feeling and dealing with all the thoughts and emotions that come with the ending. Some stand out poems to me were: Broken and Done, were two poems about the death of a relationship leaving you broken and pushed to the edge to the point of no return. Quiet, was a great poem about how shy or quiet people can be the deepest connection and bond you will find eith a different kind of depth to others. It was a great collection of reflective thoughts fulled by emotion into creating this poetry, a healthy way to heal and accept the ending of a relationship and the silence you feel surorunded by in the aftermath.

From Crumbs We Feast: Poems on Love, Heartbreak, Healing and Finding Your Way Home by Christina Bloom

This was a great collection upon reflection of what you believe love is and the desire that leaves, the remnants of broken trust and feelings and how after feeling so broken, how accepting crumbs of attention and real attraction and love feels like a feast to devour after what you endured.

Songs from the Margins: Poems on Grief, Memory, and Renewal by Adisa Noor

This poetry collection was fantastic in the delicate yet raw approach to talking about grief and the way such deep loss can linger and make you see the world around you differently from your home feeling haunted, to conversation's that never got to take place and you'll forever have to wonder and ponder on and rooms that are silent but heavy with presence in echoes of memories and shapes and how loss literal or figuratively can linger.

After The Rain by Adisa Noor

This poetry collection really speaks how grief can lead to renewal and a new sense of appreciation for the simple ways of life continuing especially after sadness using the metaphor of rain fall to produce growth. Some stand out poems to me were: The Way Light Touches Rain, was a beautiful poem of how even broken or damage can look beautiful in different light, another touch point in a story of breaking to renewal and growing. Conversations With My Past Self, was a great poem about despite growing up one way into life, hoe we adapt to honouring our past selves as we progress. Becoming My Own Shelter, was a great poem about self resilience and self reliance of peace you crave and create to be calm and happy in you before anyone or anything else. What The Garden Taught Me, was brilliant at how alike plants, we too need to exist together through cycles or seasons, for us, of emotions and patience. Love In It's Simplest Form, about comfort in simply sharing smiles and the simple way love and care can be shared. The collection had some beautiful nature poetry of the kindness of growth, remewal and sunlight providing joy and nourishment as well as poetry from the metaphor of nature in how human connection can be like seasons and cycles too.

What The Silence Gave Me by Henrietta O.

This was a poetry collection simple in title yet deep in the feelings pulled from the silence endured. Some stand out poems to me were: What I See, was a poem about seeing beauty in somebody physically but realising their attitude and treatment of others isn't emotionally and ao how you see them as a whole is actually not beautiful at all. Never More, was a poem about the way comparison seeing others happy can make you feel not good enough or simply enough for anyone to love or desire to be chosen by and feeling less and never more than enough for another. To Love, was simply the best, honest and well thought out poem written about all kinds of love that I have ever come across simply stating through life the way love exists and shapes us and how all types of love we encounter shape who we are continuously. I, The Loner, was a simple realistic poem on the way life changes and people move on and away and how you remain sitting in the corner an observer of life around you feeling stuck and again, a different type of silence to face and deal with. This was a deep collection and absolutely not quiet or silent in being outspoken and bold.

Waiting Was Never Love by Sharmell Davis

This poetry collection is a fantastic debut, relatable for anyone who's been left contemplating their worth and disappointment after a relationship not working out. A couple of stand out poems to me were: Waiting, was a poem as the title says, about being left waiting and the questioning that leaves you with. Own It, was a powerful poem on claiming being single and the power it gives you to know yourself truly and love who you are first and control the future to be what you want and know you deserve. Finishing on The Author's Signature Poem, a reclamation of self about love and choosing yourself over guessing about anyone else's intentions towards you, just self respect to make yourself responsible for your happiness first. A short, emotionally rich reflective collection.

When Words Are Enough by Sarah Colliver

This poetry collection was a beautiful accumulation of poems written through living through some tough life moment's. Some stand out poems to me were: One, was the opening poem and simply to the point of union from one to two and how it should feel seamless. My Elusive Smile, was a relatable poem about how we can hide anything behind a smile until alone we break and repeat the cycle hiding pain from the world around us. The section of poems titled Life, were beautiful on questioning the future and the seasons that as they change and bring people into our lives like tree's shed their leaves and flowers lose their petals we can lose people for better or worse ricochets in our lives as we move on.