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.

Morning After Mourning: Poems on Healing and Hope by Adisa Noor

This poetry collection focuses on how you can bury grief behind a facade of the masked smile you wear, hiding your emotions as a coping mechanism. Sone stand out poems to me were: My Tears Spoke Before I Could, how tears are a universal language and an unstoppable force of a true rush of emotions. The Kindness Of Small Things, was a beautiful poem about the mundane kindness we can easily overlook too often rather than appreciate every time it occurs. Hope Cane Dressed As Ordinary Days, was a great poem, especially as a retail worker of how simply being part of a team in work and experiencing the camaraderie around you, sharing laughs and smiles can make you feel seen and tethered to life. I Am Not Who I Was - I Am More, was a great poem how you change and feel deeper and stronger emotions as grief affects you. We Are All Stories Of Survival, was a simple poem, yet powerful in the basic fact none of us live the same life and experience the same event's that shape us and our own stories and that sharing them is powerful, beautiful and shows the strength of each person through what they've faced throughout their lives. I also loved the wordplay of the title because even in mourning, a new morning will inevitably arrive.

The Dark Side Of Love One Year Anniversary Edition by SaDee Hodge

SaDee has come back with a special one year edition of her first poetry collection and honestly it is still a collection I can read, sit and reflect and think of how incredible the strength of a person can be every time. Some stand out poems to me of this collection were: No Contact, was a simple poem by named concept, but shows the way negative love can still haunt you, the way a simple break up would or could do. Each poem especially that follows almost reads ethereal upon reaching the point where reflection on the relationship feels haunting and leaves you in disbelief over what you actually faced and survived. Goodbye, especially, was such a finite poem seeing all the negatives and turn point on reflection too and how it can make you fear moving on to face the unknown future ahead. Warrior, was a poignant poem, to me SaDee is a warrior for facing down fear and harm and writing through the pain, owning it and writing warning others of what can happen in relationships. The title poem leaves on a haunting ending, a closure of a dark chapter indeed and just reinforces the strength of a woman to walk away and rebuild after such experiences.

Not All In by Parm K.C.

This poetry collection was so rich in the metaphors of burnt out candles and car crashes about narcissistic people you can encounter and the silent courage to fight your mind daily through anxiety and panic attacks that can seem terrifyingly deadly when they occur, a truly realistic series of descriptive poetry surrounding these topics as well as some other poetry that stood out being: The Paradox Of A Lonely Heart, was such a relatable poem between wanting to be alone and craving the right people and the juxtaposition you can save in such mixed feelings A poem about bring introverted and speaking when it matters only because that someone chooses to listen, really hit hard because it's so true people listen when they care and block when they don't truly. Holding Hands With Sadness, about how you can feel deeply destined you believe, to never truly feel happy. I Save The Best, about saving your finest clothes for the future you to enjoy when you feel worthy, was a deep and relatable poem because I used to do the same! 86,400 seconds in a day, this poem was so deeply moving about depression and anxiety and the way fears manifest and linger constantly in your mind throughout the day like you're living in a nightmare constantly with time running out, a really clever poem.

Catching: a Poetry Collection by Alyssa Gibson

This poetry collection focuses at the start on how love especially lack of from a parent growing up can feel like you were just a burden but how the right person in your life can make everything feel easy, healing and like every piece of art you adore come to life. There were lots of beautiful poems about becoming stronger from the wrong kind of relationship that can build you stronger in your sense of self and make you sure of the love for you first before loving another.

Quiet : Poetry for the Ones Who Sit with Silence by Jupiter M. Moon

This was a beautiful collection looking at everyday life moment's and the movement's and feelings they evoke. Some stand out poems to me were: One Text, about chance and the way it can be fleeting, opening or closing a chapter of life. Winter's Touch, about the way a snowflake can feel as tender as human touch. As The Petal Flies, was a whimsical poem of the beautiful fragility of an unending path where the future is invisible and unpredictable just like flowers shed petals falling into new parts of their life alike we fall and rise too. A metaphor rich collection focusing on the beauty the natural world provides and the way it mirrors the human experience too at times.

Please Look into the Mirror by Michaela Angemeer

This was a great poetry collection, especially from using the way glass and mirror's are reflective surfaces and they way we can observe ourselves through or in them and the way we can see ourselves in distorted ways through our own skewed perceptions or through the environment we grew up in and judgement we faced. I also loved the ending poem and talk about Bea, their dog and how pets can provide joy and light through the darkest of times and help you see the beauty around you and within you too, another mirror, a loving one of you.

Whispers That Stayed by T.Euke

This book was beautiful in talking about the way those that pass remain, the way thing's they said can linger in our thoughts and thing's we see happening around us can cause us to be reminded of them and believe they're signs of them still being with us in a way that they stay with us forever in small ways shaping us as we live on always remembering.

Her Hands Remember Fire: Poems on Healing, Survival, and Becoming by Adisa Noor

This was such an emotionally rich collection of poetry that I found so many relatable including: Healing Is Not Pretty, a poem about how losing people and wounds of the past can linger and make you find your strength and resilience to carry on and protect your peace. The Art Of Stillness, a beautiful poem about the simplicity of just being and not feeling the pressure of constantly needing to be on and doing something draining yourself all the time. Naming Joy, about the feeling of joy and letting it be allowed to happen after putting others before yourself. The Woman I Am Now, was a fantastic poem of empowerment and the way finding peace and silence that comforts you over making you feel lonely. The Language Of Light, was a poem about the beauty and grace light can provide whether natural or artificial and the comfort surrendering you to calm and hope in the hue. It was truly a beautiful well rounded collection of moments drawing emotion in mundane often overlooked situations.

The Darkness Within: An Emotional Poetry Collection of healing from Childhood Abuse by Becky Leigh Gregg

This poetry collection really delves into the deepness of our own individual experiences as humans. Some stand out poems to me were: It Could Have Been Worse, how such a simple phrase can diminish someone's feelings about their pain. The Moon, about the way the moon can be a guard and beauty of nature in the night a comforting presence Are You, was a poem of how you can want to question anyone not helping but still witnessing someone going through an incredibly tough and low time and just stand by and not get involved. This collection is not only a vulnerable honest read, it also shows how simple kindness could change someone's life and experience for the better if we all dare to be more compassionate and kind.

When The Soul Learns To Bloom by Pratima Baro

This collection really leans in to finding the every day beauty in the nature of the world around us ever changing even simply day to night and how love and grief can make us see the world in an altered state to appreciate pain for loving deeply and finding a way to cope and find hope again.

The Words I Could Never Say by Yogesh Chandra

This poetry collection perfectly sums up how you can struggle to be seen for the depths of your emotions are drowning and unending it feels like when no one else can understand why or how you feel the way you do, perfectly fitting the title indeed this collection was.

Whispers for the Unchosen Heart: Between Almosts by T.Euke

This poetry collection talks of the almost and maybe moments, the myth of being chosen or treated as an option, the ache at night of feeling alone with just restless thoughts and questions of why not you in the situation you're in. The repetition of almost over the certainty and the expectations of life that pass by silently avoiding you and the norm life path, so you see the contrast of the pain of being unchosen in thoughts and feelings honestly discussed.

Sad poems for sad girls: A mental struggle by Tierra Ikell

This poetry collection is like having a friend telling you all the tiny things to appreciate in each day to help you feel boosted and brighter from simply enjoying the sun, to appreciating yourself and who you are, each layer of yourself, ones you love, ones you hate that all make us the beautiful messy humans we are.

Unraveling Soulties by Stacey Nicole Douglas

This book was a deeply personal reflection on the cutting relationship told through poetry and a timeline of month's and moment's retold showing the connection and the way it altered and effected them deeply and the limgering effects from being so deep in like with someone and how it can leave you feeling attached still despite trying to come apart from what you were with them.

Whispers: that didn't leave by T.Euke

This was a great book touching on the stillness that settles in life and the closure that is ongoing in feelings that stay in the quiet surrounding us daily and how people, however brief a conversation is, can shape the moment and your life and the impact a few words can have on you as you continue in life word's can echo and remain carried with you.

Based On You by Arisa Hart

This poetry collection focuses on all the ways we can feel love from different people and situations. October and Eager, were two poems on how loving someone can feel powerful. Guts, was an honest poem about loving someone who only lies to you. Mother, was a poem of a mother talking and hoping for her daughter to never feel the weight of comparison like she did growing up. Happy Genes, was a phenomenal poem about everyone having a differing vision of beauty to them and as a white British girl with family around the world with various mixed ethnicities, skin tones, hair types and nationalities is such a relatable poem how every girl and guy has a differing experience in life, good or bad and how we should all just be kind to each other and embrace the beauty of us all being so different. A beautiful collection of poetry especially on loving our differences more in a world that can feel so narrow-minded or superficial sometimes.

Wildflower by SaDee Hodge

This new poetry collection from SaDee discusses her life from the metaphor of being a wildflower in a world of seemingly perfect flowers and how life isn't always beautiful on the surface but can eventually deeply be seen so. Some stand out poems to me from this collection were: Sapphire, about pet loss, was utterly heartbreaking and so relatable as a rabbit owner myself, losing them over the rainbow bridge cuts every time especially after ten years with a rabbit who was more like a puppy following you around and SaDee losing her cat Sapphire, every pet loss cuts as deep as a human loss to me and it's so important we talk more openly about the loss of such a companion that provides love and support. To The You I'll Never Know, was again a heartbreaking and relatable poem to anyone who's faced abortion or even miscarriage and the way it alters your life forever as you can become a mum just not the way everyone perceives a mum to be as your baby isn't physically here with you in your arms it's a whole new depth of grief full of endless questions and SaDee captures the mixture of feelings, emotions and questions we can wonder on perfectly. Supply, was a poem all about the way poetry can be addictive and get you hooked on reading and writing it and it's a healthier option to have a supply of. Wildflower, the final poem of the collection and the title poem, talks of growing on and through everything and craving a change of scenery around you and honestly from past experience too, I got a new job away from the area I knew and had bad memories in and that step in itself felt freeing, empowering and like a whole new chance to embrace change for the better. We should all be more of a wildflower, embrace our beauty and worth in our space and adapt and grow through all life throws us.

The Journey Of Love by Becky Leigh Gregg

This poetry collection, as per the title, shows a journey of love of all kinds, from self love, to romantic love, familial love and the ways each experience shaoes you in a positive or negative way. Some stand out poems of this collection were: Intentions, was a beautiful poem on human care in the face of tragedy and how someone's true nature shines in the darkest of times. Antidote, was a beautiful poem about how the right love will heal you from past hurt you've survived. My Body, was such an empowering poem about self love after abuse and escaping a toxic relationship and realising you should embrace who you are unapologetically, always. Hurt Again, was a powerful poem in the aftermath of divorce about how tiring dating apps can be to try. Empty Nest, was an utterly relatable poem to the pain of gynaecology or endocrinology meetings and appointments of which I could relate when you're told you may not or cannot have children and the shift that occurs in your life from that moment onwards. This collection is one that will definitely make you think deeply and reflect on your life and choices and the impact they have had throughout it too.

Losing to Anorexia: a poetry collection by Adela Lily

This poetry collection as per the title and trigger warning, is about anorexia and also applies to eating disorders and weight loss in general too talking in depth of the feelings you can experience. The collection is deeply moving in discussing how words can harm our view of ourself and our worth and the physical effects of an eating disorder taking hold of you, altering you and how your mind can see you in a warped view as you lose more weight, more of yourself and the cycle of it never being enough and becoming a spiral.

Negligence, Abuse & Rage: a collection of poetry and prose (Silent Battles Book 1) by Adela Lily

This poetry collection tells of the way being brpught up in an abusive and unsupportive household can effect you from childhood into the estbof your life and thr after effects that remain. It was a deeply moving collection and the depth of honesty sharing such pieces of poetic writing to tell her story is incredible and a great way to not only show resilience to not let it define you but to use it as a way to raise awareness of domestic abuse and violence children can face and the way it can lead into self worth issues and eating disorders from the lack of control over life situations you can face.