Hands Up, Poet!
Paperback
Publisher: American Poets Inc.
Published: Jul 28 2025
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Hands Up, Poet! by Samuel Ludke is a raw, defiant, and soul-stirring collection that demands attention-and earns it with every line. These poems don't whisper-they shout, cry, sing, and bleed. With a voice as urgent as a siren and as vulnerable as an open wound, Ludke explores the war between silence and expression, memory and rebellion, heartbreak and resilience.
From alleys of heartbreak to the frontlines of the mind, Hands Up, Poet! is a poetic manifesto for anyone who has ever felt voiceless in a screaming world. Each verse holds its hands up-not in surrender, but in powerful declaration.
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