COMING JULY 2025

Contains: 19 Poems

Author & Publisher: Shane McLeod

File formats: EPUB Ebook, Audiobook m4b format & Signed Paperback

Language: English

Publication Date: February 21, 2025

Author & Publisher: Shane McLeod

Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches / 152.4 x 228.6mm

About the Poetry Collection:

The Wedding Poetry Collection Vol 2, is a poetic exploration of relationships and intimacy, delving into both romantic and physical connections as well as the relational templates that shape them. Through personal experience and keen observation, Shane reflects on the complexities of closeness, capturing the tension between love, desire, vulnerability, and expectation. From deep personal bonds to fleeting interactions with strangers, this collection offers a raw and reflective journey into the intricacies of human connection, revealing the beauty, struggles, and ever-shifting dynamics of intimacy.

Poems:

What Shall We Say

The Breath

The Traction Table

We Tried

White Sheets

The Wedding

The Leaves of His Body (From a Metaphor by Rainer Maria Rilke)

Rescue Sweet (For Laura)

Lesbia’s Sparrow (After Reading Catullus)

Tears

The Bloom

Naples

Strange Fish

Icons and Altars

Trapeze

Cosmos

If Only it was That Easy

Are We There Yet

Ready but Still Waiting (For Brenda)

Excerpt from the wedding poem:

she looked so happy

with her smile and tears

but

beneath the tears

I saw the bruise

Paperback: ISBN 978-1-7638706-5-9

Ebook: ISBN: 978-1-7638706-73

Audiobook: ISBN: 978-1-7638706-6-6