Tender, Unkempt Book and guide you back home

and guide you back home to you

resilient and often complex roots of love that anchor us to ourselves

This book is not merely read

and the tender radiance hidden within every stage of falling in love

When a parrot discovers the power of listening

Tender, Unkempt Book and guide you back homeWritten in raw free verse, the collection explores love that arrives with conditions, homes that could not hold, and the slow unlearning of shame. It is a book about rememberinghow the body remembers what the mind tries to forgetand about healing that feels more like letting go than triumph. This collection is for readers who find themselves in silence, in softness, in the ache of becoming someone new. For those who have been told they are wise beyond