The Universe of You: A Collection of Poems by Sophia Bray

This poetry collection focuses on using celestial language to encapsulate the feeling of the vast ways we can love and feel moved by love. One poem stood out for relatability to me and that was, The Language Of Touch, especially was a poem that spoke of the simple way touch can bind you together to your love and you can crave it so strongly. The collection used lots of beautiful galactic and astrology inspired language of you love being like a rare sight/star as well as how the ocean and moon reach for each other, never colliding but contrasting. A poem titled, After 10pm, about being desired in dark but left in daylight was truly heartbreaking in the way true love should and would choose you right in any light not just darkness when the world and life goes quiet. A true look into the universe of love.

Musings From My Notes App by Becks Lauren

This poetry collection intrigued me by the title, simple and gripping in the way it was simply casually born through everyday time we spend typing and tapping away into our phone's notes section. Some stand out poems to me were: Drive By Healing, was such a relatable poem about reclaiming the places you once shared with the one you loved and how you then make new memories to try erase the old ones from revisiting them solo. That's Why I Warn You, was again really relatable in the way you can let people in, have them hurt you, cut them off yet then they to come back into your life and how you're a one chance and you're cut off out of your life type of person not willing to give endless chances Love Is Meant To Be Light, was a simple poem about the joy of love feeling light right and erasing the past hurt you knew before Little Toes was a beautiful poem of the big joy a little life can bring to you. Groceries, was relatable about the title of the book and how our notes app can be used everyday for the mundane life tasks and art too inspired by life. A poetry collection written casually but nonetheless impactful, meaningful and thoughtful.

Reach by L.Q. Murphy

This book was a fun collection of poems, some even a couple of lines, stating facts and truths about what you learn growing up and growing through life. From advice about people, friends, pets, happiness, work life and jobs, being honest to who you are and making time matter, it has something here in the collection relatable for everyone.

I AM TRYING: A collection of poetry and prose by Sofia Romulan

This was such a relatable collection of poetry, as the title says, on the way as humans we are always trying, in life, love, friendships, relationships etc and especially the one word balance, the delicate tip between getting along and starting an argument, finding safety in silence rather than stoking the fire of an arguement. Forever lonely, was a poem about safety in being alone and unable to disappoint anyone in life too, that really stood out for the relatability of keeping to yourself and not wishing to burden anyone else with your problems. The collection also had a part talking of the walls we build to protect and hide our true selves, unable to pretend to be someone somewhere else, the way we can talk negatively and hurt ourselves talking down about ourselves instead of treating ourselves with caring, kindness and compassion instead pushing on to achieve or feel, or chase the next emotional high instead of being content where we are with what we have as enough, we always keep trying, as the title says.

What Their Voices Left Behind: Poems on Hurt, Survival, and Finding Your Own Voice by DORIS NDUNI

This poetry collection focuses on the way people can effect our lives and how their presence and essence alters the way we think, feel and observe. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Dinner Table Weather, about reading a room and person's mood and knowing what to expect served up to you. Mirror Lessons, how other people can distort our self view with harsh words that criticize rather than encourage. Report Card & Quiet Child, were two utterly relatable poems, how you become silent and observant of everything around you happening and learn how to go along with getting through. The Family Photograph, how everything can be unseen yet lingers in a frame only your eyes can read the scene knowing the truth within the frame. When Compliments Hurt, about how words from someone supposed to love you, can cut you deeply instead. Hunger, all about the way you crave to be seen and accepted for who you are with no judgement. Weather Report, was such a brilliant poem how our own emotions can mimic the weather. It was such a beautifully written poetic telling of life and the leaving and the aftermath of a relationship ending.

The Weight Of Soft Things by Apple Ram

This poetry collection focuses on the moments that can be heavy, from the weight of judgement and when you meet your love, how the small things feel so big in the way they care for you but also in the way that breaking up after years together is a different heavy weight to carry in the way they can become a stranger knowing all your secrets and also the way you lose a community you existed within happily too. It discusses the way we change and adapt after facing tough situations in life and love and how they impact us long term, especially putting ourselves before others who wouldn't choose us back too.

The Rose Of Winter by Samantha Chang

The title poem of the collection was about the beauty of resilience despite whatever alike a rose in bad weather striving to survive. It was a tender poetry collection of the fragility of life and the depth of grief around us, the feeling of being lonely when not alone too as is a hugely relatable topic these days especially I feel.

My Brain Is A Garden by Morgan Solis

This poetry collection focuses on the way life plants seeds that grow in our mind of thoughts and opinions collected and cultivated over time. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Temporary Love, about loving before finding the one who will stay forever. The Things We Carry, about the way things hold us down and back in life and the way they effect us long term too. A beautiful collection of how we grow through life and situations that make us feel deeply, reflect quietly in writing our way through what we face.

The Last Time I Waited for You: Words for Letting Go of a Love Without Leaving Yourself Behind by Matias Sebastian Gemelli

This was a beautiful poetic prose telling of how life remains continuous after heartbreak, the mundane way of life continues but how to you, everything that was your normal has altered. Some stand out poems to me were: The Phone Face Up, was such a relatable poem of hoping, wishing and waiting for the text or call from them that may or may not arrrive. Bargaining With The Past, about revisiting old messages as if evidence to trawl through of when things changed was again, so relatable. Your Name In Other Voices, was another poem of the easy way names can trigger thoughts, feelings, memories and alter your mood. Breadcrumbs, how a simple little sentence, a question, can make you crave more, not receive more nor the proper commitment you desire. Online, about the way digital presence can feed us slivers to stay hooked until no contact becomes solidly and silently the way the connection remains. A real, honest and raw account of life loving and losing the one you adored most.

The Shape Of What Stayed by Cassandra Jaye

This poetry collection focuses on the way that a parent can shape your life, positively or negatively and in this case too, how a narcissistic mother can affect a child growing up into adulthood. The collection also discusses how grief of your beloved can affect you forever in every day life from mundane shopping habits daily to the inevitability of you growing older and aging which they never got to and the future you never got to have together either and the ways life remains the same but altered forever beyond that moment of deepest loss and lingering grief.

Broken Scabs by L.Q. Murphy

Some fun rhyming poetry of ideas of bad things that could happen and ways to heal and adapt from them as well as trying and relying on only yourself in life, trying and failing multiple time but keeping going. The book was also illustrated with simple little drawings to bring each poem more to life vividly.

Poetry Tales Reflections In Rhyme by Bridget Ziana

This collection of poems are reflections of times in life and set over time around the covid pandemic, how it changed life in every way, in work, love and daily living from home too. Documenting life following the pandemic and the aftermath, Here We Are, was a poem which really spoke of how the world witnessed the chaos of the pandemic. Transportation Tribulations, is a poem that will make you laugh, guaranteed about how wild a tube journey can be with a menagerie of characters causing a riot. Over all, this collection is a great mix, lots of longer poems with a lot of great rhyming too, which not always all poetry does or has to rhyme so it was great to read a classic poetry style set in stanza's and verse.

Peanut Butter Chocolate: A Collection of Love Poems by Ezymoney

The dedication alone in this book of poetry was so sweet to read let alone the poetry! Showing such a dedication and bond between two people it made me smile thinking a guy can write so openly about his feelings, to me that is rare and a special thing indeed, Amara I hope you see how wonderful this relationship you two have is sharing time, moments nurturing connection souls aligning thinking alike, truly beautiful collection of poetry!

The Devil's Sister by Kate J. Blake

When vampire Raphael refuses to accompany his sister, Beatrice, to a masquerade ball, as she wants to find her mate, she is put in a position, yet her desire for love wins. However, Leonardo and Darius are two brothers, ruthless in thinking of how to avenge Raphael for their parent's death's caused by him. A book full of twists and turns in the plot whilst being about love and family at heart, the irony of them being vampire's and all that! Seriously for a quick story it was really well set out and flowed easily and Beatrice's handling of her situation so relatable torn between love and family, a brilliant quick read for an evening.

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping a Pet Rabbit: Handling, Feeding, Housing, and Grooming by Adriana Cinteza

As a rabbit owner from being born to parents who owned two little rabbits before I even came along, I've always loved reading and learning about them more as each rabbit has taught me something I haven't known before and this guide was great for covering most things. I particularly liked that the book was laid out into sections from finding where to buy a rabbit, costs of lifelong care, of which my last and eldest boy Splodge was ten, people often overlook the longterm vets bills and just focus on food and hay whoch can be cheap but thats only basic care as the book details. There's even tips on care and socialising rabbits which we've had both singular rabbits living in home and duo's that did and didn't get along. This guide really does prepare you as a beginner for everything you can expect to face and coming from growing up with rabbits if I was a new owner with no experience it's really detailed for all ages to be able to use and learn what to expect.

25 Roses by Stephanie Faris

As Valentine's day approaches Mia and her best friend Ashleigh sell chocolate roses in school.

Popular girls always get then so Mia buys extras and adds to the list making less popular people happy to receive one for once only when they want to know who sent them does trouble start

She has a crush on Alex her best friend while Ashleigh is her best friend with a secret crush then she sends roses to Sun a girl who needs a make over...

She gets asked to help do make overs especially by school mean girl who wants everything to go her way all the time including getting a guy.

This was a great book highlighting the good and bad that Valentine's can cause and how friendship means more than any action can show.

In the Beginning There Was Only Darkness by Soraya

Split into four big poems reading as stories, talking of life and death and the fragility of life and how we grow up dealing with all our feeling and emotions, a poetry collection to get you deep thinking.

The 30 Day Reset For The Anxiously Attached by Noah Grey

Noah has written another great guide to read and reflect along to with many good points raised. Stand out parts to me of this collection to me were: Day 11, about building the idea of a future with someone who isn't always present with you in some way. Day 22, about the bare minimum of basic respect, like a text back being met without you questioning or them leaving you hanging. I really enjoy Noah's books they always get me thinking deep about situations in life past and present and relate a lot to many points he get you reflecting on opening thinking and growing from your thoughts and reactions of the past to present.

This Is How You Know I Want You by AVA

A poetic diary of falling in like and love, the joy and discovery it brings in all the poems written and shared in this collection showing how deeply love can inspire you.

Finding Beauty by SaDee Hodge

This fourth collection of poetry by SaDee is as powerful in telling her journey of facing abuse and the previous loss of her beloved husband before too. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Caught Between Forever and Goodbye, knowing you had to save yourself from a situation endangering your life. The Day My Heart Overdosed, how suicide impacts your life. Home For The Broken, helping others who are or have been struggling even when you are too. Feelings Gross, was a clever poem reflecting on negative love what could be beautiful in a slow burn but preferring distance and safety. The Things I've Learned, too was a strong poem about what love should be and isn't. Only knowing love to hurt, brutal and honest in love, loss and life and every time I read SaDee's writing I am struck by how she writes with such beauty in being poetic and honest even on such tough subjects, another brilliant collection.

October Haunts by Eden Larsen

Set at Lasting Memories daycare, Ava meets Ethan, the new sudden owner who she's initially jealous of as she would've wanted the opportunity to own it herself before getting to know him and realising they may not be so different after all. A sweet short story about how impressions and premature judgement can hinder relationships before being more open to understanding each other.

Echoes Within by Briya Sage

This is simply an empowering collection of a toxic relationship ending and on reflection finding strength to become again who you were before but stronger.

Roots: Poems of Remembering: When remembering becomes returning by Evelyn Valehart

This poetry collection focuses on the metaphor of seeds and roots literally in the ground and in our families and how every step we take is rooted and for us to remember how each step, choice and decision can shape us.

Whispers Unsaid by T.Euke

This collection of poetry focuses on the unsaid words, the almosts spoken in feelings of desire and love, what remains but could be foreseen to go various ways besides how it actually really played out and what never got said instead got typed for closure as the whispers unsaid.

The Slowest Goodbye by Stacey Nicole Douglas

This collection opens on a very clever poem about the Disney princeses and their princes and the way we can feel deeply desiring to be their fairytale girl and their heroine yet feeling you fall short to real life expectations that fantasy can set. Discovering feeling needed for things, not loved, desired, treated well and ultimately cherished. My Goodbye Was A Test, was a fantastic sad and relatable poem about losing connection before it could truly become something proper. There was also a poem about the habit of checking on your person you adored and loved online seeing them and how they know little insignificant things that make you, you and you hate that in hindsight having been so open and vulnerable for it to all fall apart. The title absolutely speaks for this collection and the poems show all the ways entangled lives do slowly come apart again.

being the red flag: POETIC ODYSSEY OF UNAPOLOGETIC CURIOSITY by Amol Srivastava

This poetry collection discusses the behaviour surrounding red flags, safety and warning signs in relationship's from a male perspective of feeling you are the red flag and owning that truth and honesty. Some stand out poems of this collection to me were: Uncertain Bonds, Beautiful Chaos, Enduring Seasons, Solitary Sorrows, all poems about the uncertainty of finding an enduring bond and lasting relationship and love. Space As Escape and Fragile Facade, about admiring from afar but respecting to not want to hurt them and keeping distance between you both instead. The poems tell such a story of the way self doubt and worth can really bleed into a relationship and make it feel too good to be true or that you're unworthy of a relationship or person in your life.

Bittersweet Psyche by by Olivia Wheeler

This collection focuses on the devastation of love and life we live through. Some stand out poems to me were: Loved, a simple poem about the simple enjoyable things and how distance isn't even a problem when loved right. Curves, how women can be objectified at face value for their bodies and not their character and person as a whole. Sunsets, was a beautiful poem about the joy of the day ending through memorable beauty. Hands, was a simple sensual poem of how touch can build and nurture connection between two people more than words can. A great collection of poems to make you see deeply into situations around you.

The Girl You Never Loved: A Woman's Story, Told in Poems by Roya Khalili

This was a great collection of poetry reflecting on how after a relationship runs it's course, how you feel reflecting on everything that happened. Some stand out poems of this collection were: Rain Poem, was gorgeous how tears and a cloudy mind of memories lingers like weather. If Only You Understood Poetry, about the beauty words have providing emotion and meaning from simple glances speaking. Wish, about wishing to forget someone after a breakup happens. The Woman I See In The Mirror, about being alone and solitary, yet craving another person and their perspective. Shadows Of Betrayal, was a clever poem using imagery of a person's face, mouth and eyes to convey love and pain, fake care and kindness. 'Hope is a slow poison' From the poem Inflamed, was such an impactful line about how hope can make you feel mad. A collection of deep thinking poetry.