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Alexander Bentley

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Edgar Allan Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Max Berry

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Alexander Bentley is a wordsmith, inkslinger, poet. He commonly signs his poem images with a. bentley.

Alexander started posting his poems online in 2014, first on Tumblr and then shifted to Instagram when he discovered typed quotes from R.M. Drake. Alexander now ranks as one of the top poets on Facebook, alongside Rupi Kaur, Lang Leav, Pierre Alex Jeanty, and the poet who inspired him to post on social media in the first place.

Since that time, Alexander has published 4 books, including The Raven Redux & Other Poems, Eversleep: The Beauty of Dark Silence, and A Poet's Manifesto.

Alexander's body of work touches most commonly on themes of death and loss, depression and heartbreak, life and hope, but most importantly: love.

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These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

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You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)

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