All of Me

All of Me is an emotion-packed collection of short poems whose focus is heavy and human. Here are thoughtful, stirring pieces on subjects as universal and challenging as self-image, personal courage, and loneliness.

These poemsa representation of the author's personal storyare divided into three sections: Surviving, Grieving, and Walking. Surviving looks at life's traumas and how we eventually surface from them. Grieving explores what has been lost and the very human act of trying to rebuild after trauma. The poems in Walking hone in on learning to live differently and taking your first important steps after a period of devastated stasis.

There is much in this poignant collection for anyone who's struggled similarly with the challenge of being human and running up against loss, pain, and blows to self-esteem. The last sectiona story of redemption and transforming anguish into artencourages readers to recast their pain as a catalyst for change and the creation of beautiful things.

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