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The Soft Hours: Poems
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781069271235
Publisher: Ness House Press
Published: Jan 24 2025
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The Soft Hours is a striking debut collection that redefines masculine vulnerability for the modern age. In these carefully crafted poems, Leo Piotr explores the quiet moments throughout the day when truth emerges from shadow - when men allow themselves to be seen beyond the armor they wear in daylight.
From late-night office buildings to quiet kitchen counters, from immigrant neighborhoods to city trains, these poems chart a geography of masculine emotion rarely captured in contemporary poetry. Piotr's voice is both tender and unflinching as he explores:
- The quiet resistance of sleepless nights
- Hunger that goes beyond appetite
- The weight of cultural expectations
- The courage found in vulnerability
- The strength in choosing softness
Drawing from his experience as a Polish-Canadian navigating between worlds, Piotr creates a new language for masculine emotion - one that honors both strength and tenderness. His poems speak to anyone who has ever felt caught between who they are expected to be and who they truly are.
Perfect for readers of Ocean Vuong, Rupi Kaur, and Billy Collins, The Soft Hours offers a fresh perspective on modern masculinity, cultural identity, and the courage it takes to be vulnerable in a world that often demands silence.
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