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Lemon rejuvenates. Myrrh heals. Lavender calms. While High School should be a time of learning and self-actualization, both are hindered by modern pressures. Through a lens of burnout, pain, and stress, this poetry anthology encourages readers to acknowledge their own struggles but also seek restoration. A poetry anthology about the high school experience.

Opemipo Ademi is not ready to start all over, especially not with Efe in the mix. All she wants to do is take a break and re-strategize. Going back home isn't what she wants, but she has no choice since she has nowhere to go after losing everything. Especially when her ex, Efe, is involved. She's not ready to bond with family, neither is she prepared to get back with Efe. But the longer she stays, the more she isn't sure her old life is what she wanted all along. Maybe all she wanted was a home - after all, home is where the heart is.

A collection of poems that reflect true meaning of human emotions. Hope in the form of quotes.

A series of Love poems focusing on understanding and exploring the many different kinds of love. Focusing first on the seven love gods, the Erotes, then on forms of love in the greek language, and finally in famous romances of the greek gods. This is an inherently inclusive anthology, with planned poems on Asexuality, Homosexuality, Demisexuality, Pan/Omnisexuality, and more.

Kenya, a blind young adult with an eye for fashion. Despite her shortcomings, she's determined to craft a name for herself in the fashion industry. London, a young African girl with an eye for technology. After getting a scholarship to one of the best universities in the United Kingdom, she's got her sight in having her name among the best programmers. What happens when two women from worlds apart cross paths?