New Poetry Book Available

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As you all probably know, I write poetry in addition to writing blog posts and this newsletter. Last year, I put out my first poetry collection, The Way Things Go. This week, I am releasing my second collection, A Dream of Becoming.

This is a collection of poems from 2022-2023, which chronicles some of the thoughts and feelings I have experienced as a recent expat to Germany. It also contains poems that talk about my inward, spiritual journey. We are all travelers on this road together, and I hope that some of these words speak to you about your own journey of becoming.

In life, we are constantly growing, evolving and changing. Nothing is certain except for uncertainty. Living in a new place, I have come to understand this more than ever. There are things in our lives that we take for granted, things that we think will never change. But, anything can change at any moment. Learning to understand this can help us become fuller versions of ourselves.

When I write poetry, I write with pure, raw emotion. It isn’t thought or planned the way these newsletters are. It is rough around the edges. It is an outpouring of my heart and my soul. I always let myself emotionally bleed a little bit onto the page. My poetry is an expression of my truest self.

I hope that you appreciate this glimpse inside the inner workings of my mind and my heart, and that it can stir something within you as well. I hope that you will find some commonality in my feelings, and that they speak to you on a deeper level.

Be well my friends,

Nicole Dake