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This debut poetry collection from acclaimed novelist Farzana Doctor is both an intimate deep dive and a humorous glance at the tumultuous decade of her forties. Through crisp and vivid language, Doctor explores mid-life breakups and dating, female genital cutting, imprints of racism and misogyny, and the oddness of sex and love, and urges us to take a second look at the ways in which human relationships are never what we expect them to be.

This audiobook includes 51 classic and contemporary poems dealing with eternity, including priorities; the march of time; dust unto dust; life as a passageway; heaven, hell, and purgatory; immortality; and the end of the world.

Look We Have Coming to Dover! is the most acclaimed debut collection of poetry published in recent years as well as one of the most relevant and accessible. Nagra, whose parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, draws on both English and Indian English traditions to tell stories of alienation, assimilation, aspiration and love, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover Beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations.

This audiobook includes 53 classic and contemporary poems about growing up and growing old, including poems related to generations, puberty, middle age, looking back, aging, waiting for death, and mortal illness.

This audiobook includes 27 classic and contemporary poems about war and peace, covering glory; soldiers; casualties; futility; and bystanders.

In this audiobook, poets look at choices.

This audiobook includes 36 poems about writing, art, and poetry, including poems about language; reading; writing; poetry; ars poetica; and art.

Barbie Robinson is a Canberra, Australia-based arts advocate, artist, and poet whose practice encompasses writing, photography, design, event management, radio presentation/production, and arts marketing. That Looks on Tempests: Thoughts on the Nature of Love is her third solo work of poetry and the first to be published by For Pity Sake. The work is highly personal, created as part of Barbie’s "Gratitude Project" after a life-saving stem-cell transplant.

The Flaws in Our Teen is a collection of poems that brings the experiences of the teenage years into focus. This book will coerce you to think deeply, empathize, smile, reflect with joy, or cringe; some pieces will even draw a tear or two as you journey through these poems. Sasha Davis and R. A. bentinck balance the challenges, triumphs, and resilience of this universal stage in life in a refreshing and inspiring way.

Filled with wisdom and encouragement, every moment of this audiobook is a testament to the power of words, and the impact they can have on the relationships you build with others. And most importantly, the one you have with yourself. Lang Leav captures the intricacies of emotions like few others...