Verses for the Lost

"Verses for the Lost" is the debut offering by breakout author and poet Joshua Baptie. An anthology of darkly beautiful poetry fuelled by tragedy and heartbreak, this collection explores those vulnerable emotional spaces within all of us, and chronicles the author's own journey of hurt and recovery after a particularly bitter split from the love of his life. The poems face those painful moments with an unflinching truth, never afraid to offer a blunt and often unflattering view of the human heart behind them. They are direct, honest, even occasionally heavy-handed expressions of those difficult emotions we all must face, running the gamut from cold and bitter, through wistful introspection, all the way to healing and acceptance. This candid, unfiltered approach is intended to remind readers that it is okay to feel, and to offer some comfort to those who may be in similar situations to the author, hoping for a sympathetic ear in a trying time. The book acknowledges that we all suffer, and does not shy away from it. To hurt, it suggests, is what makes us profoundly human, and in that we may take solace that we will never truly suffer alone. For while every soul is some days Lost, we know that we must all, eventually, be found.