Speak Easy Poets
by The Speak Easy Poets of Topeka
Released August 7, 2024
Speak Easy Poets are based in Topeka, Kansas and represent a diverse, flourishing group of artists in the capital “Top City” of Kansas. This anthology spotlights the wide variety of talent the group represents. A safe, inclusive group of kind people, Speak Easy Poets write about about love, grief, nature, tragedy, war, community, and much more.
Maybe Someday, Maybe Someday
Released April 10, 2024.
“We’re all broken, and we’re just arranging the pieces”
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Written between the ages of 17 and 18, Maybe Someday, Maybe Someday is Jaedon Blocker’s attempt to begin arranging his brokenness. Each poem in this collection is a piece of him and was a lifeline for him through some of his darkest years. He hopes as you read it, that you may find pieces of yourself in his words and come out of it feeling more complete than before. And maybe someday, maybe someday…you will realize you were whole all along.
CD: A Scurvy Rickets Songbook
by Carlos Velez
Released November 16, 2023
A collection of song lyrics by Carlos Velez, known as Scurvy Rickets, and written primarily from 2020 t o 2023. With some songs published, others in production, more to come, and some to be left behind, CD: A Scurvy Rickets Songbook provides a far-ranging snapshot of a unique, challenging, and transformative time in the life of the artist, wrestling with issues of grief, masculinity, love, and growth.
Secondhand Souls
by Carlos Velez
Released June 29, 2023
Secondhand Souls is a collection of poems, and other writings spanning topics of love and grief, music and stories, family and masculinity. All pieces written between the years 2018 and 2022.
Cover art designed by Nora Becker and photographed by Carlos Velez.
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