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Autumn Williams is the author of two poetry books: her chapbook "Waves", and her number-one bestselling collection "Clouds on the Ground". Her poems have been featured in Eunoia Review, Flare Magazine, Wildscape Literary Journal, and others. She also earned a silver medal in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her work is influenced by the chronic illness she has, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, but is written to be universal. Williams lives in Texas with her husband and their children.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 64 ratings · 35 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors
Clouds on the Ground: Poems...

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WAVES

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“Tomorrow the waiting
will be over,
but I keep waking up
in today”
― Autumn Williams, Clouds on the Ground: Poems on Time, Loss, and Dreams

“My pen pulls the emotion
out
from my body
and leaves it on paper
so I can breathe again”
― Autumn Williams, Clouds on the Ground: Poems on Time, Loss, and Dreams

“The lyrics in this song
are too much
I keep listening anyway
It’s been ages
since I last heard it playing
It reminds me of before—
when it made me want to sing”
― Autumn Williams, Clouds on the Ground: Poems on Time, Loss, and Dreams

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