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Tears of Love, Smiles of Indifference: Soulful poetry to smile at life's struggles with
"Life is a beautiful, chaotic mess - a fact that John Bowie captures flawlessly in his stunning third poetry collection."
The pages of this book are filled with raw, unfiltered emotions that will take readers on a journey through the human experience. From the highs of love and life to the lows of inescapable death, each poem is a window into the complexity of our existence.
Bowie is a master poet, weaving together words that will tug at your heartstrings and make you see the world in a whole new light. With an unapologetic and soulful writing style, he invites readers to embrace the struggles and contradictions of life.
But beware, for within these pages lies a mirror that will reflect your own thoughts and feelings, leaving you with a newfound understanding of the beautifully chaotic mess that is life.
If you enjoyed the works of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Charles Bukowski, and Rupi Kaur, you will also love John Bowie's soul-stirring poetry.. . .‘Fleeting breath, evanescence, demise. A celebration of love, life and inescapable death filled with uneasy wins and joyful defeats. Life’s long battle seems short, only when there’s someone to fight for other than ourselves. Arm in arm we bleed and dance through storms, smile at pain and rejoice in our temporal forms.’
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PRAISE FOR BOWIE'S POETRY:‘This is a beautiful collection of poems that really strike at the heart and mind.
New poetry for a new generation'
—Stephen J Golds, Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries
‘Bowie’s poetry is brutal and lyrical, beautifully textured’
—B F Jones, poet of Five Years
‘Bowie shows extraordinary talent as he changes tone and style’
—Scott Cumming, poet of The Blue Chapbook
‘A gritty meditation’
—HLR, poet of History of Present Complaint
The pages of this book are filled with raw, unfiltered emotions that will take readers on a journey through the human experience. From the highs of love and life to the lows of inescapable death, each poem is a window into the complexity of our existence.
Bowie is a master poet, weaving together words that will tug at your heartstrings and make you see the world in a whole new light. With an unapologetic and soulful writing style, he invites readers to embrace the struggles and contradictions of life.
But beware, for within these pages lies a mirror that will reflect your own thoughts and feelings, leaving you with a newfound understanding of the beautifully chaotic mess that is life.
If you enjoyed the works of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Charles Bukowski, and Rupi Kaur, you will also love John Bowie's soul-stirring poetry.. . .‘Fleeting breath, evanescence, demise. A celebration of love, life and inescapable death filled with uneasy wins and joyful defeats. Life’s long battle seems short, only when there’s someone to fight for other than ourselves. Arm in arm we bleed and dance through storms, smile at pain and rejoice in our temporal forms.’
. . .
PRAISE FOR BOWIE'S POETRY:‘This is a beautiful collection of poems that really strike at the heart and mind.
New poetry for a new generation'
—Stephen J Golds, Half-Empty Doorways and Other Injuries
‘Bowie’s poetry is brutal and lyrical, beautifully textured’
—B F Jones, poet of Five Years
‘Bowie shows extraordinary talent as he changes tone and style’
—Scott Cumming, poet of The Blue Chapbook
‘A gritty meditation’
—HLR, poet of History of Present Complaint
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Published April 3, 2025
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John Bowie
30 books1 followerLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Disambiguated authors:
(1) John Bowie - Disambiguation in progress (Current Profile)
(2) John Bowie - Dark fiction, crime noir (GR Author)
Disambiguated authors:
(1) John Bowie - Disambiguation in progress (Current Profile)
(2) John Bowie - Dark fiction, crime noir (GR Author)
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November 26, 2025
It's as if the author had random words and phrases scattered on the table and picked them using a dice while being blindfolded to form nonsensical poems.
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