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When It Comes to Love

May 23, 2018
Book Cover: When It Comes to Love
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Editions:Paperback - Second Edition: $ 9.99 CAD
ISBN: 9780980943276
Size: 5.00 x 8.00 in
Pages: 112
Published:
Publisher: Zircon Press
Illustrators:
Ania Van Minnen

Cover Artists:
Alex Demanin, Ania Van Minnen

Genres:
breakups, drugs, family, forgiveness, grief, happiness, loss, love, poetry, relationship, romance, sex, youth

Tags:
breakups, classical, dark poems, drugs, falling in love, first love, forgiveness, free verse, grief, heartaches, life, loss, love, opportunities, past, poems, poetry, relationships, rhythm, romance, romantic, spiritual, verses, youth

Excerpt:

What does it mean to love unconditionally? Or simply, to believe in love?

Employing the voices of child, mother, friend, sister, and lover, When it Comes to Love unveils why loving someone is worth the risk even when at times you don’t recognize the person you’ve become.

Written with passionate, heart-felt, and bittersweet poems, When it Comes to Love shows there are no limits to heartache and forgiveness as old lovers unite, and friends and families grapple with intricate emotional ties.

Despite the tempestuous uncertainty in relationships, is love the ultimate prize in life? Decide for yourself in this collection of poems.

When It Comes to Love sees all the sides of love…

When It Starts to Hurt

November 20, 2016
Book Cover: When It Starts to Hurt
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Published:
Publisher: Zircon Press
Genres:
addiction, death, drugs, grief, loss, love, mental illness, poetry, relationship

Tags:
dark poems, death, drugs, equality, forgiveness, grief, life, loss, love, mental illness, opportunities, past, poetry, spiritual, youth

Excerpt:

When life starts to hurt, what do you do?

Do you let the pain destroy you or do you become stronger and conquer it?

Come take this bittersweet journey with Rama, as she examines emotions we are often told to ignore—our ability to feel, understand and deal with pain.

When It Starts to Hurt is composed of three parts that explore how we talk about (or never talk about) death, addiction, mental illness, and harmful relationships.

No topic is too sensitive, or taboo, as Rama challenges the idea of normality and formality, with blunt, laconic and poignant poems.