Sign-In
Cart
Bringing It Back (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry
Publisher: American Poets Inc.
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Bringing It Back is a raw, unflinching collection of long-form poetry that dives into the deepest fractures of the human experience-love that lingers too late, promises that were never whole, and the quiet devastation of loss that never fully leaves. Samuel Ludke writes with a voice that is both haunting and intimate, pulling readers into a world where memory, heartbreak, and identity blur into something achingly real.
Each poem reads like a confession carved out of silence-exploring themes of unfinished love, the cost of dying too young, the weight of absence, and the dangerous pull of staring too long into darkness. These are not just poems; they are emotional landscapes where grief breathes, where longing echoes, and where the past refuses to stay buried.
With vivid imagery and relentless honesty, Ludke captures the fragile tension between holding on and letting go. His work doesn't offer easy answers or clean endings-instead, it invites readers to sit in the complexity of feeling, to confront what is broken, and to find something strangely beautiful in the ruins.
For readers drawn to poetry that is immersive, cinematic, and deeply human, Bringing It Back is not just a book-it's an experience. A return to the moments we try to forget, and the emotions we can never truly escape.
Also from
Ludke, Samuel
Also in
Poetry Anthologies
Alaska Literary Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
Lord, Nancy
Grace Moler, Shaelene
Holleman, Marybeth
Paperback
We Had Our Reasons: Poems by Ricardo Ruiz and Other Hardworking Mexicans from Eastern Washington
Ruiz, Ricardo
Paperback
Poem a Day: 366 Poems, Old and New - One for Each Day of the Year
McCosker, Karen
Albery, Nicolas
Paperback
The Harp and Laurel Wreath: Poetry and Dictation for the Classical Curriculum
Berquist, Laura M.
Paperback
Faeries, Sprites & Malevolent Spirits: An Anthology of Classic Poetry & Stories
Thorne, Aurora
Hardcover
Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora
Lin, Esther
Hernandez Castillo, Marcelo
Joseph, Janine
Paperback
The Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 1: Medievals to Marlowe (Yesterday's Classics)
Quiller-Couch, Arthur
Paperback
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women
Guzman, Sandra
Paperback
White Teeth, Red Blood: Selected Vampiric Verses
Byron, George Gordon, 1788-
Baudelaire, Charles
Dickinson, Emily
Hardcover
Creative Stillness: An Anthology of Poetry and Essays by the Creative Writing Hour
Alejandrina, Dhayana
Alaloul, Nadine
Makoni, Sekai
Paperback
A Bowl of Goodness: Nourishing Poems with a Side of Soup, Celebrating Community, Friendship, and Resilience
Jackson, Major
Hardcover
Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology: Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage
Mitchell, Stephen
Hass, Robert
Paperback
On Resilience: Stories of Climate Adaptation Across Washington's Landscapes
Morgan, Harriet
Senechal, Lindsay
Paperback
The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You to Joy
Brehm, John
Paperback
The Lake Poets: An Anthology
Wordsworth, Dorothy
Taylor Coleridge, Samuel
Wordsworth, William
Hardcover