CAFÉ TEARSPRESSO

What goes best with sad and thoughtful poetry? Desperate emotion? Brokenness and grief? Turmoil and angst?! You guessed it, coffee! If you're seeking a morning read with your cup of bitter energy, sitting in a bus station late at night with an espresso and a duffel bag of dreams as you take the next step in this journey of life, or just enjoying a rainy afternoon in the safety of your home with a large mug of Columbian bean, you can find all this and more within the warm pages of Café Tearspresso. Café Tearspresso is the first volume of a collection of poetry from thirteen artists and poets, all in their twenties, and the debut work of aspiring author, M. Stuart Asbridge. The collection gives a snapshot into the minds and thoughts of the artists as they observe the world around them, and put those observations to text. The poetry follows a universal theme of human experience and emotional expression from the different perspectives taken on by the poets, while centering around unnamed characters as they traverse life, loss, grief, trauma, love, and redemption in the 2010's. Welcome, Dear Reader, to Café Tearspresso.