Mercy has Memory: A Collection Of Poems
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: R.L. Simmons
Published: Apr 30 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is not just a poetry collection-it is a journey through love, loss, survival, and the quiet, unspoken parts of becoming human. In these pages, every line carries weight, every silence speaks, and every poem unfolds like a memory you didn't realize you were still holding onto. From the first spark of connection to the slow unraveling of relationships, from heartbreak to healing, this collection captures the raw, unfiltered truth of what it means to feel deeply in a world that often asks us not to.
Divided into powerful sections of transformation-Becoming, Descent, Awakening, Becoming Again, and What the South Keeps-this book walks you through the evolution of the self. You will witness love that burns, silence that wounds, strength that isolates, and healing that doesn't arrive clean or easy. These poems don't offer polished answers-they offer honesty. They speak to the ones who stayed too long, loved too hard, broke quietly, and still found a way to rise. The language is haunting, intimate, and unflinchingly real-like a conversation you've had only with yourself, finally written out loud.
If you have ever felt the weight of a love that lingered, the ache of becoming someone new, or the quiet resilience it takes to keep going-this book will find you. It is for the strong ones, the forgotten ones, the ones still learning how to come home to themselves. These poems don't just tell a story-they leave a mark. And long after the final page, you'll still feel their echo.
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