The Fragments of Shadow & Sound

<p><strong>The Fragments of Shadow & Sound: Prose and Poems</strong> is a genre-defying debut collection that fuses lyricism vulnerability and visceral honesty in a powerful journey through identity longing disability love mental health and becoming.</p><p>Told in five evolving sections- <strong>Faultlines</strong> <strong>Reflections</strong> <strong>Thresholds</strong> <strong>Descents</strong> and <strong>Ascents</strong>-this collection offers a poetic mosaic that captures the trembling fault lines of youth and the climb toward selfhood. From confessional verse and formal structures to free-flowing prose poems and haunting haiku every piece contributes to a dynamic narrative arc of fracture and reconstruction.</p><p><strong>This is poetry for those who've lived at the edges:</strong></p><ul><li>For the romantics trying to make sense of broken connections</li><li>For the neurodivergent disabled and overlooked who still reach to be heard</li><li>For those drawn to midnight cityscapes orchestral metaphor and the echo of the unsaid</li></ul><p>With influences of musicality and kintsugi-the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold- <strong>The Fragments of Shadow & Sound</strong> leans into the beauty of imperfection. These poems are stained with ink moonlight silence static and flame.</p><p>You'll find reflections on:</p><ul><li><strong>Living with visual and hearing impairments</strong></li><li><strong>Navigating autism and emotional communication</strong></li><li><strong>Unrequited love infatuation grief and the resilience of friendship</strong></li><li><strong>Mental health self-worth and the poetic body</strong></li></ul><p><strong>May you find yourself in the fragments-</strong></p><p><strong> and discover that even broken things can sing.</strong></p><p>Perfect for readers of <em>Ocean Vuong Sabrina Benaim Blythe Baird Sierra DeMulder or Clint Smith</em> this is a collection that invites you to read aloud underline deeply and return to the poems when you need a voice to echo your own.</p>