Pressed Flowers

<p>Pressed Flowers is the debut poetry collection by Ashley Lazarz - a heartfelt vulnerable exploration of one transformative year through love loss healing and self-discovery. Told month by month beginning in December the book is structured like a personal journal of emotions. Each chapter captures the shifting seasons of the heart: from falling in love and dreaming boldly to experiencing heartbreak depression grief and ultimately growth and peace. </p><p></p><p>Ashley draws from her own lived experiences offering raw reflections on identity self-worth loneliness and body image. These poems are not written to offer easy answers but instead to hold space - space for discomfort joy sadness and transformation. Through a range of poetic styles including free verse prose poetry and short-form pieces Pressed Flowers invites readers to feel deeply and reconnect with parts of themselves they may have forgotten or hidden away.</p><p></p><p>In a world that often demands perfection and composure this book offers softness honesty and a reminder that healing is not linear - it's layered delicate and often pressed into us like petals in a book. Pressed Flowers is not just a poetry collection - it's a companion for anyone walking through their own seasons of change. Whether you're in the middle of letting go or just learning how to hold yourself again these pages will remind you that you are not alone - and that growth however slow is always blooming.</p>