**FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2021 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRYDanez Smith is our president**Homie is Danez Smith’s magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith’s close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that...

From an award-winning and "stunningly talented" writer, reflections on the line between sexual freedom and sexual exploitation (Samantha Irby, New York Times–bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life).Women's sexuality is often used as a weapon against them. In this refreshing, unapologetic debut, award-winning performance poet and playwright Britteney Black Rose Kapri lends her unmistakable voice to fraught questions of identity, se...

**Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection“[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy.”—**The New YorkerAward-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don’t Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men sho...

FINALIST FOR THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2024 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR POETRYFINALIST FOR THE 2025 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD FOR POETRYWINNER OF THE 2025 MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD FOR POETRYWritten after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith’s powerful reck...

2014 Button Poetry Prize Winner "These harrowing poems make montage, make mirrors, make elegiac biopic, make 'a dope ass trailer with a hundred black children / smiling into the camera & the last shot is the wide mouth of a pistol.' That's no spoiler alert, but rather, Smith's way–saying & laying it beautifully bare. A way of desensitizing the reader from his own defenses each time this long, black movie repeats."–Marcus Wicker "Danez Smith's BLACK MOVIE is a cinematic tour-de-force that l...

This book is about people suffering with the death of a loved one, or a relationship that has ended. It also offers comfort to know that grief does'nt have to last forever, the pain will still be there, but we can all move forward and get through with the help of family and friends. And owners who have lost a pet.

A Mother's love was originally Published inRhonny Reaper's Creature Features Anthology. It's right here on Smashwords!

Angels on Earth presents a collection of poetry that expresses feelings held close to the heart. The poems breathe life into experiences that offer reminders of past, present, and future friends, all of whom had a large influence on author Sheddy Versatos life; they are truly angels on Earth. Some of these friends are still in his life, while some are but a memory now. Each one has a special place in this beautifully illustrated collection. The emotions that form the foundation fo...

This book is a brief glimpse of diff erent parts of my life. I have had a long journey. Through it all, Jesus was always there to pick me up and guide me straight. I can only hope these words will also inspire you as you read them.

This book is dedicated to my children, grandchildren and close friends. It is about love, happiness and some sadness. Hope that it helps the readers realizewhat is important in life. It's the little things in life that is important. That special someone, children, family and close friends. That very special love one. Hope it helps the readers realize just what is important in their own lives.

Organized in four sections – Inception, Longing, Chaos, and Epiphany – K.Y. Robinson's debut poetry collection explores what it is to want in spite of trauma, shame, injustice, and mental illness. It is one survivor's powerful testimony, and a love letter "to those who lie awake burning."

A parcel of land was gifted to a grandaughter from her loving grandparents when she married and started a family. On this parcel, was a sassafras tree that she had watched grow since she was a child. This is the story of the changes the girl and the tree went through together and the memories made and shared.