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Truth Hurts, But It Rhymes: Poetry that stings, sings, and sometimes pees on your shoe
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ISBN10: 1067600256
ISBN13: 9781067600259
Publisher: Copywriteright Publishing
Published: Aug 12 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781067600259
Publisher: Copywriteright Publishing
Published: Aug 12 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if true life stopped trying to be polite? Truth Hurts, But It Rhymes is a bold, hilarious, gloriously inappropriate collection of rhymes about the things nobody puts in inspirational quotes. Belly button fluff.
Toe jam.
Morning breath.
Phlegm.
Flatulence.
Mouldy towels.
Toe jam.
Morning breath.
Phlegm.
Flatulence.
Mouldy towels.
Spiders.
Squirrels.
Fish farts.
Death.
Grief.
The cost of living.
And the wonderfully ridiculous business of being human. With dark humour, sharp observation and surprising tenderness, Sara Basra takes the ordinary, awkward, disgusting and occasionally heartbreaking parts of life and turns them into verse. One minute you'll be laughing at earwax. The next, you might find yourself thinking about grief, anxiety, survival, the natural world, or why humans spend so much time pretending we've got everything together. Because beneath the jokes, there's something true. We leak. We creak. We overthink. We panic. We laugh at the wrong moments. And somehow, we keep going. From bodily functions nobody wants to discuss to nature's strangest creatures and the darker realities we'd sometimes rather avoid, Truth Hurts, But It Rhymes celebrates humanity in all its messy, uncomfortable, absurd glory. Perfect for readers who enjoy:
but thankfully, it still rhymes.
Squirrels.
Fish farts.
Death.
Grief.
The cost of living.
And the wonderfully ridiculous business of being human. With dark humour, sharp observation and surprising tenderness, Sara Basra takes the ordinary, awkward, disgusting and occasionally heartbreaking parts of life and turns them into verse. One minute you'll be laughing at earwax. The next, you might find yourself thinking about grief, anxiety, survival, the natural world, or why humans spend so much time pretending we've got everything together. Because beneath the jokes, there's something true. We leak. We creak. We overthink. We panic. We laugh at the wrong moments. And somehow, we keep going. From bodily functions nobody wants to discuss to nature's strangest creatures and the darker realities we'd sometimes rather avoid, Truth Hurts, But It Rhymes celebrates humanity in all its messy, uncomfortable, absurd glory. Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Dark humour with heart
- Writing that doesn't take itself too seriously
- Honest observations about real life
- Neurodivergent voices and unconventional perspectives
- Spoken word and performance poetry
- The strange, gross and gloriously ridiculous
- Laughing at things you probably shouldn't
but thankfully, it still rhymes.
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