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  • Our Emotional Complexities
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    Our Emotional Complexities
    Anna Coldman

    Our Emotional Complexities is a powerful journey into the raw, unfiltered core of what it means to feel. Each page captures a single emotion in its purest form, offering a space to pause, reflect and connect. These are the poems that speak to the moments you thought no one else understood. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself feel. Let the words guide you through the beautiful, messy complexity of being human. This is not just poetry. This is emotional truth, one feeling at a time.


    £6.99
  • Pieces of Poetry Pie
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    Pieces of Poetry Pie
    Andrew Cooke

    If you like the finer attributes of rhyming poetry, this is a pie to dine on slice by slice. It’s been baked for a number of years for a good taste – a flavour that is sometimes humorous, sometimes philosophical and sometimes descriptive.


    This is a collection to be savoured, a treat for the mind and soul that proves the enduring power of a perfect rhyme.

    £5.99
  • Grafton Bridge Eulogy
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    Grafton Bridge Eulogy
    Peter J.N. Garland

    With a full and mindful awareness, the interpretation of love in the modern world can itself become a way of life. If embraced sincerely, it can serve as a model of something positive and beautiful.


    Life is what it is perceived to be—conceived and moulded by each individual. Perhaps within yourself you can find an inner sanctuary where you celebrate love and life in their most essential form and truly become yourself.

    £6.99
  • Titanic Conspiracy Beneath the Waves
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    Titanic Conspiracy Beneath the Waves
    Malcolm Tilsed

    Dive into the depths of one of history’s most enduring mysteries with Malcolm Tilsed’s “Titanic Conspiracy: Beneath the Waves”. Inspired by a childhood fascination sparked by the classic film “A Night to Remember”, Tilsed embarks on a captivating exploration of the Titanic disaster, a tragedy that continues to haunt our collective memory.


    Through a masterful collection of evocative poems, Tilsed unveils the untold stories of those aboard the ill-fated ship, drawing from extensive research, survivor testimonies, and a wealth of historical media. Each verse serves as a portal to the past, inviting readers to experience the hopes, dreams, and heart-wrenching losses of those who faced the icy grip of fate.


    As you journey through these poignant reflections, you’ll grapple with the profound questions surrounding the Titanic’s sinking and the myriad conspiracy theories that have emerged over the decades. Tilsed’s heartfelt narrative not only honours the legacy of the Titanic but also challenges you to seek truth in your own life.


    Join Tilsed on this unforgettable voyage, and discover why the Titanic’s story remains a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. “Titanic Conspiracy: Beneath the Waves” is more than a book; it’s an invitation to reflect, remember, and reconnect with the past.

    £20.99
  • Tramontana
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    Tramontana
    Grace ShriRam

    In Tramontana, the author invites readers on an intimate journey of spiritual transformation, weaving together a tapestry of emotions and insights that explore the profound depths of the human experience.

    From the trembling precarity in facing the unknown to the radiant embrace of unconditional love, these poems traverse a wide range of themes that speak to the soul. Grounded in the author’s vulnerability as a writer, each verse is an illustrative exploration of the human condition intersected with the unfailing capacity of the awakened heart to bring us home within ourselves. Each verse captures the essence of nature’s stillness woven into the warmth of human touch mirroring the serene turbulence of inner growth. Mountains, oceans, and trees become metaphors of resilience, connection, and renewal.

    Whether you are seeking solace, inspiration, or a moment of reflection, Tramontana, titled after the majestic North Wind, offers a space to pause and reconnect with the boundless beauty within and around us. These poems are a celebration of life and true love’s transformative power, reminding us that even in the darkest moments, there is light – and in stillness, there is strength.

    £6.99
  • Origins
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    Origins
    Rosemary Paul

    This debut poetry collection comes from a writer born before World War II. Though not deeply affected by the war itself, she grew up during a time of hardship for much of Europe. A lifelong sense of not quite belonging in the many places she lived as a child eventually led her to settle in Suffolk, where she found her first true sense of home.

    Her love of poetry was sparked by a schoolteacher and nurtured by her father, who enjoyed playful verse like The Hunting of the Snark.

    Today, we are fortunate to live in an age of easy communication and travel, where rural life no longer means isolation. Suffolk, with its thriving poetry scene, has provided her with both inspiration and community.

    This collection reflects a life shaped by place, memory, and human connection. Some poems explore landscapes like the King’s Forest, while others bring to life people and moments from her past, such as Granny and Rhos-on-Sea. The collection concludes with a medley of light-hearted poems, crafted to bring a smile to the reader’s face.

    £7.99
  • The Genius and the Jester
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    The Genius and the Jester
    Mark Newton

    “The Genius and the Jester,

    Crossed paths by chance one day.

    They knew each other from the court,

    But never had parleyed.”


    Four lines, two rhymes, that introduce,

    By way of a quatrain,

    Two characters who asked of me,

    Just who on earth were they?


    And what was it that they should do?

    What was their history?

    Where would they go, who would they meet?

    They seemed to say to me.

    So, if you have the interest,

    And then a little time,

    Their unexpected adventure,

    You’ll find here told in rhyme.

    For the world a new history,

    Which I commend to you;

    Hoping it is interesting

    Enough to see it through.

    £16.99
  • Waves & Waves & Waves
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    Waves & Waves & Waves
    Laura-Elena Mireanu

    Life is water. Water is life.


    The motif of water is ever-present. Drops of luck. Pouring anger. Draining sadness. Gushes of adrenaline. Lake of knowledge. River of wisdom. Waves of worry 

    clashing,

    crashing,
               colliding
                          into my mind.

    Waves of passion, of protest, of power;

    waves of highs, of lows, of in-betweens;

    waves of woe, of wonder, of war;

    waves of lust, of love, of life.

    And amidst all this water, I try to swim through it all. 

    Through the love,

    the wars,

     the other trivialities that life has in store for me.


    Submerging in the oceans of possibility, of experience. 

    Sometimes I float, sometimes I drown. 

    Sometimes I prefer one, sometimes the other. 

    Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes colliding, cleansing, crashing into me like

    waves & waves & waves.


    Swim float drown against the waves waves waves
                 words gush out on the page beyond my control and I am left dry.


    For now.

    £10.99
  • OLD! Who Me?
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    OLD! Who Me?
    P M Dean

    I am a Methodist and I count myself very fortunate to be so encouraged and uplifted by our wonderful ministers. I am also both lucky and deeply grateful that I am still able to comfortably travel on buses, trains, and in cars, to fly on planes, and to walk with the aid of my crutches.


    Old, Who Me! God bless you all.

    £6.99
  • So Let It Be With Caesar
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    So Let It Be With Caesar
    Richard Godfrey

    I turned to poetry when prose seemed too slow and laborious a way for my impatient, unskilled teenage self to deal with. I was slowly heading for habitual self-harm, and writing poetry saved me! I discovered a way of expressing myself with no need to share it and be judged by others. I could get any difficult and/or destructive feelings out of my head, where they might fester, onto the page and put it aside and forget about it if I wished. I feel that it protected my mental health; it always did, and it continues to do so. I could not, however, have predicted the wider unintended consequences. I became better at written expression in all aspects of my professional and personal life. I believe I am also more verbally articulate as a result too, and it has allowed me to focus and reflect on many things beyond the practice of written and verbal expression. It has magnified my enjoyment of nature and of life generally.

    £8.99
  • Faith by Reflection I
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    Faith by Reflection I
    Ali Ansarifar

    Theological and philosophical discourses are often complex and unpopular among the public. Poetry is elegant, simple, humorous, and substantive. Human intellect questions and challenges ideas, and the outcome may not be conclusive or satisfactory. Human emotions, however, do not require evidence and are not prone to doubt and disputes. It is probably easier to touch someone’s heart than convince their intellect. The poems in this book are meant to convey a message at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It declares that God is within man’s heart. This will be achieved by stirring or awakening the personal emotions of the readers. It is like touching strings on a musical instrument to produce the right note. When the first note is played, the rest of the melody will follow, and man and God will dance together to the Promised Land.

    £5.99
  • Roots and Wings
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    Roots and Wings
    Dr. Zidane Salmon

    These poems are not just words on a page; they are footprints in soil and feathers in flight.


    In Roots and Wings, The Literacy Guy, Dr Zidane X. Salmon, traces the tender, turbulent journey of a little Black boy from the vibrant shores of the Caribbean to the complex terrain of the United Kingdom. This striking debut collection is both a love letter to home and a brave reckoning with displacement, identity, and transformation.


    Each poem is rich with rhythm, memory, and cultural pride grounded in the soil of ancestry yet reaching boldly toward possibility. Through vivid imagery and unapologetic truth-telling, Salmon explores what it means to belong, to resist, and to rise as a young Black man navigating two worlds.


    From the sting of racism to the balm of community, from inherited wisdom to the longing for freedom, The Roots and Wings is a testament to resilience and becoming. These verses will speak to anyone who has ever straddled borders, geographical, emotional, or spiritual and wondered if they were enough.


    This is more than poetry. This is a flight from root to sky.

    £7.99

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