Published Poetry

Jun 21 • 2020

This time I've collected my nature themed and inspired poems- old and new, and arranged them with my own photography of New Hampshire scenery that inspires and gives the roots to my creative outlook.

The cover isn't done by me however. I wanted a more whimsical illustration of one of the places in the photos that really represents both the title the theme of the collection, and this result from graphic artist Marc Steen really captured all of that in one beautiful and calming illustration.

Between the mountains and the coast, there are woods broken
by pantheons of marshlands, inlets, bogs, and forest pools




It's a similar length to the first collection, but priced a little higher due to the larger size and more expensive cost of color printing.

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Feb 7 • 2020





Woah! I wrote and self published a book! It's a collection of poetry, genuinely every piece of poetry I wrote between 2011 and the end of 2018. Please check it out on its shop page and pick up a copy to support my work ♡

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Its first review so far has left a glowing opinion on the work's progression! Please give that a read at Berry's Poetry Reviews





If these are old poems, why publish them at all, and why now?


In the past I've been the kind of person that, unless pushed to a point, usually stuffed what I wanted to say if it wasn't helpful- either to be liked and accepted, to avoid arguments, or because of fear.

But I've had enough of that. I'm not "growing out" of my anxiety but I'm coming into my own and letting go of those kinds of insecurities, and I felt part of that was just getting these open ended poems off my chest. Everything I needed to say, no matter to whom, is in these words. Publishing them felt like setting those poems down with closure and freeing myself to write new things. 
It took its time, and the decision to publish came from emotion and courage built up from going to poetry slams and workshops, which 
introduced me to some  fantastic people in the  poetry world,
and perked  up my social life.










So in conclusion, in this book are all my poems I've ever written that I thought were good enough to keep, whether I now agree with them or not. I would love to say I don't regret any of them and while it's almost true there are some that I can read and see the author as someone entirely different from me. And seven years ago, I was a different person that I'm not sure I would get along with now.

The reason I hung on to a lot of these without sharing them is because I was conflicted, some of them I don't like or am made uncomfortable by the memories they bring. But they are all 100% true representations of my world and what was in my head at that time in my life. These are snapshots of points in time for me, and if I were to go back I wouldn't do them all the same way. Now I'm at a point in my life where I can look back and begin to embrace that struggle for the experience & power it gives me today and for moving forward.

What's next for poetry?

Although I thought I was publishing all my poetry in one easy place and that was that, poetry wasn't done with me and since publishing I've written a lot more- enough that I'm now putting together another collection to be published in the future.  We Earthbound Stars isn't in bookstores yet, so my plan is to make a push towards that now that I have a better living situation and studio setup.
Stay tuned for updates!



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