The Latter: A Mental Health Poetry Collection by Maniyah Pulley

The Latter is a poignant collection of contemporary poetry that delves deep into the emotional landscape of mental health struggles. This evocative poetry collection explores themes of anxiety, depression, and personal healing through introspective and reflective verses.

Each poem is crafted to resonate with those seeking solace and understanding, offering a journey of emotional depth and personal growth.

Perfect for readers who appreciate modern poetry on mental health and emotional wellness, The Latter provides an authentic exploration of inner battles and the path to healing.

Reader's thoughts:

"The poetry collection „The Latter“ offers a profound and emotional reading experience. The collection permeates themes of self-doubt, inner struggle and the pursuit of personal fulfilment, which are conveyed in a powerful and intimate way"

"Hellscape was my favorite poem before the conversation started. The choice to describe the lowest place you can be as one of comfort was something I had never seen before and something that felt so true to my own life."

"You have captured depression in more than just words, you have done it in actions. Most people view depression as just feeling down, but it is more than that. Your initial passage, regarding being able to pick things up in terms of hobbies but putting them down due to a perceived lack of skill, that to me is depression personified. I have never heard it described quite like that, and that beginning alone set the tone for me of the entire story. That was thought provoking, and I think a lot of your readers will take time to think about the implications of that."

Angie Strachan - Aillse Creag || Spoken Word Poetry ||

The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

Pulitzer Prize winner Sylvia Plath’s complete poetic works, edited and introduced by Ted Hughes.

By the time of her death on 11, February 1963, Sylvia Plath had written a large bulk of poetry. To my knowledge, she never scrapped any of her poetic efforts. With one or two exceptions, she brought every piece she worked on to some final form acceptable to her, rejecting at most the odd verse, or a false head or a false tail. Her attitude to her verse was artisan-like: if she couldn’t get a table out of the material, she was quite happy to get a chair, or even a toy. The end product for her was not so much a successful poem, as something that had temporarily exhausted her ingenuity. So this book contains not merely what verse she saved, but—after 1956—all she wrote. — Ted Hughes, from the Introduction

Chelsie Nash - The Town in the Valley of Neverwill || Spoken Word Poetry ||

Home by Whitney Hanson

 From Tiktok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a revised edition of her bestselling Home, now with a new introduction and more than a dozen new poems

"the bees aren’t going to go away

but they are going to change with you

sometimes they will be chaotic

sometimes they will rest

sometimes they will give you sweet honey

and sometimes they will remind you

of how much love can sting

but if you can find a home within yourself

and make peace with your bees

you will be alright”

--from Home

Resonant, raw, and vibrant, Home is a lyrical map to navigating heartbreak. Tracing the stages of healing—from the despair that comes with the end of a relationship to the eventual light and liberation that comes with time—the poems in Home provide comfort and solace, while revitalizing your soul—and helping you make peace with your bees

Jack Hunter - You’ve Got To Be Ballsy To Have Cerebral Palsy || Spoken Word Poetry ||