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Make My Own Light
Poems from the dark, and the turning toward.
A fierce poetry collection from the dark and the turning toward it. Poems on loss, survival, and the decision to stop waiting for someone else to light the way.
Poetry
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- Confessional poems on grief, fear, faith, and survival
- From free-falling to making your own light
- Complete PDF + Kindle-ready EPUB
- Lulu-ready 6 x 9 paperback interior + wrap cover
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Make My Own Light is a compact poetry collection from the dark and the turning toward it: grief, fear, father loss, faith, and the stubborn decision to keep breathing.
The poems are confessional, direct, and made for readers who do not need pain dressed up to recognize it. They live in the same emotional world as REBECOMING and Street Smarts, but with the compression and force of poetry.
It is ready as a premium PDF/EPUB and has Lulu-ready 6 x 9 paperback files, making it a strong direct-sale chapbook and a natural companion to the memoir titles.
“No. I will make my own light.”
— MK Parrish
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Seneca
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Who it's for
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You like poems that sound like someone finally stopped apologizing
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You are drawn to grief, survival, faith, and self-rescue writing
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You want a short collection you can read in one sitting and return to
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You are buying the poetry companion to the memoir work
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You want a paperback-ready poetry title with direct-store margin
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The first draft is survival. The second draft is power.
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