Counting down until 7 pm sunshine

and other things

Hi Friends,

sharing two new poems from the past week AND some fun(?) facts about my upcoming book, Same. Writing a book and getting it out into the world can seem like a mystery (it defintely did to me) so if you’re interested in hearing more about the process, let me know!

….Okay 5 things about Same:

1. The book is already written! I wrote it between February- October 2024.

   I started my book proposal in February which had a sample of poems and when the book was bought by the publisher, I wrote the rest of the book. The great majority of the poems I wrote over the summer!

2. Almost all poems in the book are new (there are 100+)…when I write and post a new poem now, it is not going in the book

3. The month/friend poems are not in the book but I can guarantee if you like those poems because of any of the following, there will be many poems in the book for you.

• because they make ordinary things feel magical

• they blur the lines between people and nature?

• they celebrate friendship

• they help you to appreciate the different kinds of people in your life

4. The book is organized by relationships: for our younger selves, our friends, the ones we date and marry, our families, our bodies, our minds, our children.

5. I wrote it so that you can open any page and read a poem individually or read it front to back as you would another book.

Same comes out in October 2025 which feels far away, but the very best way to support a new author is to pre-order the book and tell all your friends to do so as well!

Anything else you’re curious about, add in comments or message me!

Thanks for reading,

Hannah