Ghosts of the Softer Year

Some years leave marks that don't quite fade. Ghosts of a Softer Year is a collection of poems about the people who left, the things left unsaid, and the slow, strange process of becoming someone new in their absence. These poems don't ask you to look away from heartbreak — they sit inside it, examining memory, regret, and the quiet relief that sometimes follows loss. But this isn't only a book about endings. Threaded between the grief are poems of new beginnings and small joys. For anyone still carrying a softer version of themselves from a year they haven't quite let go of.