5 Indie Poets You Need To Read!
5 Indie Poets You Need To Read!
1) Julie Anne Addicott
About Julie Anne Addicott
About Julie Anne Addicott
Julie Anne Addicott started her author journey in 2016 with her debut novel, Untamed Demon Soul.
Since The Untamed Series, Julie Anne has released six poetry books and nine novels, including Love Lost Her Way and My Name is Tryst, two dark, tragic stories about the fragile balance between nature and nurture that follow twin siblings through tragedy, abuse, and torture at the hands of their father.
Julie Anne Addicott is currently focused on writing extremely dark, sometimes taboo, and always heart wrenching reads that push the limits of what's deemed "acceptable" in today's society.
For more dark reads follow Julie Anne Addicott on social media.
My Favourite Poetry Collection from Julie
Borrowed Wings & Broken Dreams
Borrowed Wings & Broken Dreams takes you on a poetic journey of loss, grief, and hope through a collection of poetry and prose woven together from the depths of a daughter's heart. A mother's love. A mother's ultimate sacrifice. On 2 April 1997, a mother made the ultimate sacrifice as she gave her own life to save the lives of her two daughters. A daughter's heart. A daughter's pain. Daughter, author and poet, Julie Anne Addicott, opens her heart and gives wings to her pain as she honors the memory of her beloved mother.
2) S.A. Quinox
About S.A. Quinox
.A. Quinox is a young Belgian poet, philosopher and a student of the paranormal. She writes for the broken among us. Quinox is a beginning yet growing poetess that is known for her beautifully deep yet melancholic words which have the ability to wreck your heart and then glue it back together again.
At a young age, she had already discovered her love for writing. What first started off as suicide notes later on transformed into the poetry she writes today. Quinox has a unique way of designing her own books. She always chooses black pages to preview her style.
By doing so, she makes her readers delve deeper into the abyss of her words.
Besides poetry, she also aspires to be a spiritual person. Quinox enjoys learning about the paranormal arts and takes classes from professional masters. She enjoys learning about things like Crystal Healing, Reiki, Demonology, spiritual protection, spiritual cleansing and various forms of divination. In daily life she finds a lot of pleasure in connecting with nature and animals.
Quinox loves to respond to messages so please do not shy away from conversation!
My Favourite Collection from S.A. Quinox
Tales of Lacrimosa
This is a book of English poetry and prose.
Lacrimosa is Latin for ‘weeping’, or ‘sorrow’. This is what this book is all about. Nothing is sugar-coated, and you might find this book to be both brutal and raw. This is what healing looks like.Despite the many angry words and deep eloquence of what may feel like hatred, I have long forgiven the people that have wronged me, and I have never held any grudges against them. The only grudges I have sadly always harboured unquestionably, are the ones I held against my own flesh and bones.
This book is my way of opening the doors to forgiving myself for having harboured such feelings. There is no such thing as light without darkness. The question is not if, but when our personal darkness will eventually surface. And when it does, how will you cope? Will you glue yourself to a piece of wood drifting aimlessly in an ocean which is unafraid of swallowing you? Some things just need the right amount of patience. Just like you would wait for your coffee to fill your mug before you lift it, you should practise patience as you walk the shores of healing.
Allow the ache to unravel. Allow it to take a seat next to you while you wait for your coffee to run. Treat healing like a daily habit and you will never have to succumb to the heavy mountains of untreated wounds weighing down on your shoulders. Please do not wait to live your life until the icy shivers of death come knocking at your door. Live unapologetically. Rid yourself of the shame that comes with shaping your own future.
Do not allow yourself to sink so far into the abyss that one day you’ll look back with regret spilling from your fingers, no longer able to do what you are capable of doing today. You are deeply loved and you are as beautiful as sunrise, and that electrifying moment when the moon appears full on a clear summer night.You are worthy of rising, just like the sun. Rise, even when it rains. Rise, even when nothing and nobody else rises with you. Rise.Take a deep breath before turning these pages.
Inhale and let go when you are ready.
I think it is a huge milestone for any poet to find ways into writing about what truly lingers inside their bones. While I admit that I have tried to write about honey and butterflies many of the times when I thought about writing, it did not always resonate as deeply as the poetry I have finally been able to write down onto these pages today.Tales of Lacrimosa is the door to letting go of all that's been weighing at my soul ever since I stepped foot onto this physical plane of existence, and your hands are now the key.
This is my book of healing, but it is also much more than that. It is a book of yearning, a book of madness, and the embrace of the dark night of the soul.Dip your toes inside. Know that it is safe. Realise that you are not alone, and know that everything you feel is valid. There is deep reasoning behind every word we speak and every action we take.
3) J. R. Rogue
About J.R. Rogue
J.R. Rogue first put pen to paper at the age of fifteen after developing an unrequited high school crush & has never stopped writing about heartache. She has published multiple volumes of poetry and novels.
Three of her poetry collections, La Douleur Exquise, Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires, & I’m Not Your Paper Princess have been Goodreads Choice Awards Nominees.
To keep up with everything she is working on join her facebook group, Rogue’s Rebels.
She can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
J.R. Rogues Collected Works
Complete Collected Works
Bestselling poet J.R. Rogue’s Collected Poems includes nine of her collections. Including three Goodreads Choice Award Nominated works: La Douleur Exquise, Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires, and I’m Not Your Paper Princess.
Previous versions of this collection included the collection Breakup Poems: Vol 1. This version does not include that collection. In its place, the collection This Witch has been added.
Included works:
La Douleur Exquise
Tell Me Where It Hurts
An Open Suitcase & New Blue Tears
Rouge
Le Chant Des Sirènes
Apus
Exits, Desires, & Slow Fires
I’m Not Your Paper Princess
This Witch
4) Ann Marie Eleazer
About Ann Marie Eleazer
I've always considered myself to be a bit ancient, haunted and otherworldly. Someone who enjoys enchanted flights through dark fairytales and magical places that I've been drawn to since childhood. What began as a creative outlet, soon became an unleashing of what lies beneath into my world of bewitching darkness and poetic passion. A lover of all things that grow beautifully in the dark, please join me on my wings through my writing journey.
Discover the debut collection: She’s Magic and Midnight Lace
She’s Magic and Midnight Lace
She's Magic & Midnight Lace is a beautiful collection of poetry and prose, or as author, Ann Marie Eleazer says, Poems and Poetic Spells. Each page is filled with her writings that will charm you and leave you spellbound. "
She's Magic & Midnight Lace has over 200 hand-selected pieces from the soul of the author that will lure you in, giving you a better understanding of the mystery of the darkness, and have you believing just how magical life really can be.
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Poetry simply said, is her magical potion. Darkened and mysterious words form deep within her old soul, executed with pinpoint precision as she lulls her audience into a hypnotic trance. Ann Marie's poetry, with a hint of Poe, sprinkled to and fro, brings life to those obscure hidden desires of yesteryear.
With a hint of mystery, a dash of seduction and wording that seemingly dances in unison, Ann Marie's arrangement of words casts a bewitching spell upon those that dare transcend into her magical coven of poetry.
~Maxwell Xavier, Writer at Primal Awakenings
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This poetry sings to deep hidden places in my heart, allowing me to embrace my own wild and beautiful darkness.
If you yearn for a sensual life, shun pastels, and feel at home in mysterious places, you will love this book.
I read it to my lover late at night and watch it bring out his inner wicked passion.
~Elisa Robyn, PhD, Author of The Way of The Well and Dark Fire
5) Caitlin Kelly
About Caitlin Kelly
Caitlin Kelly is a young author with her main artistic emphasis on film. In her free time, she writes as an escape. She writes stories, poetry, songs, thoughts, etc. She self-published her own book at 16 years old, "the words of a madman," a collection of poetry. After about a year after this release, she decided to release "the words i wish i said," published at 17 years old. She plans to keep creating and sharing her work. She released her third book, "the perks of solitude" on April 7, 2021. These works are collected from the ages of 17-19.
My Favourite Collection by Caitlin Kelly
The Words I Wish I Said
spoiler alert:these were not all the words i wish i said. in fact most of these words i wish i didn’t write. just to the small fact of, i wish i didn’t care… but sadly i do. but if i said the words i wish i did, then they wouldn’t be my little secret, they would be words on paper in a book. they would be words taken out of context, because the world loves to take things out of context. the words i wish i said are between me and my party of a brain. because if you knew the words, then you would have such an advantage over me, and my quiet showers where i ramble on to myself about my words wouldn’t be my secret anymore. you may be able to take most of me but you’ll never be able to take all of me.
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