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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Still, I Get Up

Still, I Get Up

Schmitt, Ali R.

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798160069562
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 5 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
People call her strong. She is tired.

Still, I Get Up is a raw, intimate collection of 72 poems about childhood abuse, family rejection, marriage, motherhood, faith, and the exhaustion of living in survival mode.

With dark humor and difficult honesty, Ali Schmitt writes about the things that rarely fit into a smiling family photograph: loving your children while feeling overwhelmed by motherhood, wanting your husband to understand the hurt he cannot see, and longing for a mother even after years of disappointment.

Among the darkness are forests, ocean waves, sunflowers, and a field of wildflowers where peace finally felt possible. Hand-drawn illustrations and handwritten reminders offer quiet moments between poems.

For anyone who has been called too much, not enough, or strong when they needed gentleness, these pages make room for anger, love, unfinished healing, and the person still trying to find herself.

Content note: Includes references to childhood abuse, sexual violence, depression, and suicide

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