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Entropy Loop & Other Poems invites readers into a hauntingly beautiful meditation on loss, memory, and transformation. With searing vulnerability and lyrical precision, these poems traverse emotional landscapes where time loops and language fractures under the weight of grief and longing. From barren deserts whispering of oceans past to surreal dreamscapes filled with ghosts and gods, this collection captures the quiet devastation and fierce resilience of the human spirit. Every poem is both elegy and invocation—an offering to what was, and a prayer for what might still be reclaimed.

49 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 5, 2025

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Jeffrey Heath

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Jeffrey Heath was born in Amarillo, Tx and raised in South Florida. His first chapbook, American Drug Poems (2000) coincided with his time on the poetry slam scene where he represented the city of West Palm Beach at the National Poetry Slam (2001, 2002). Jeffrey's work has appeared online and in print in several literary and poetry journals,including Poetry Super Highway, Eunoia Review, Synesthesia Literary Journal, The Syzygy Poetry Journal, Third Wednesday, wildscape. Literary Journal, and as a monthly feature in Neologism Poetry Journal and Goodreads, among others. He is the founding editor of January House Literary Journal. Jeffrey currently lives in Memphis, TN.

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319 reviews56 followers
September 16, 2025
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Poetry books tend to be complicated to appeal to a lot of people because of their very nature and structure. Furthermore, even within their own target audience, you need to come up with something strong and with a lot of personality to appeal to those readers. In that regard, Jeffrey Heath does something special with Entropy Loop & Other Poems because of its rather simple and straightforward approach to poetry.

This last part isn’t meant to be a slight at Heath. On the contrary, simple writing is arguably the hardest one to pull off. Therefore, it is a strong component of his writing and one that makes his poems a lot more compelling to read. A really good example of that is the opener of the book, Curl, which is quite short but very direct in what it tries to convey.

Naturally, there are other instances where the book becomes a bit more elaborate, adding a bit of variety to it. A good example of that is Picasso Woman, which is somewhat long as a woman, but flows and yearns with the kind of melancholic beauty that Heath is aiming for with this release. It is a personal favorite poem of mine and one that elevates the entirety of the book as a whole from my perspective.

Wedding Rings You’ve Lost Along the Way is another strong moment of the book, with its division into three sections making it work even further. It is a sound, compelling narrative that stays in your mind from the moment that you read it. Several poems in this book have the element of water in some shape or form, whether it’s through the rain, the ocean, or the shores, which is an interesting common thread, thus making it feel like a cohesive narrative.

Another major element of these poems is the concept of love, often portrayed in a somber manner. Not truly exploring tragedy, but rather the passage of time and how things change, which is perfectly depicted through The One that Breathed Between Us. It is arguably one of the most powerful poems on this list, making it a much more worthwhile experience since it shows a mature perspective of what can happen with the passage of time.

However, Sometimes might be the most cathartic piece of poetry in this entire book and one that deserves to be highlighted. In this poem, Heath really shows his most sensitive side and manages to capture a moment of inspiration, which is something that all great works of art accomplish at some point. That is something that truly spoke to me when reading this work, and one that shows how gifted he is when it comes to merging poetry with emotional feel.

Entropy Loop & Other Poems is a remarkable collection of poems that really has a heart and compels you to keep reading. You can tell that Heath put a lot of passion into this collection, and if you are someone who loves poetry, then you should give this a chance.

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897 reviews8 followers
September 16, 2025
Some poems can be read without feeling. There’s a detachment to them that allows one to contemplate what is being described in an almost clinical way. However, there are also poems that one experiences like physical sensations, and that is what can be found in this collection. The poems here are often painful, but some are revelatory. They feel deeply personal, as the best poetry should. They’re also examinations of not only what it is to be human, but also what it feels like to step beyond the bounds of one’s own humanity and to be truly connected to the natural world.

Entropy Loop, by Jeffrey Heath, is a poetry collection reminiscent of some of the works of Lord Byron. It’s a collected work that clearly means a great deal to the author.

It’s often difficult to find a connecting thread weaving a poetry saga together, and that proves to be the case here. The subject matter of most of them are quite different, and yet there’s a commonality among them as well. More than anything else, they seem to be about humanity’s connection to nature. It’s always there, but we don’t usually acknowledge it.

To read these poems is to experience the author trying to feel a connectedness to the world around him that seems to be genuinely difficult for him to attain. Yet, at rare moments, he does obtain it, and the reader senses that is when he is most at peace. More often, though, he seems to be at war with himself, searching for something tangible that he can grab onto. He’d like to do so because of a deep sense of pain and disconnection, yet, as a reader, we can never be sure of exactly why he feels this way.

This, of course, is ultimately the difference between poetry and prose. With prose, the speaker can describe in vivid detail why they feel as they do. With poetry, it is often more opaque and can only be hinted at. However, speaking obliquely only makes collection more poignant. We don’t know precisely why the speaker feels as he does, but we’re certainly made to feel his pain, as well as his occasional moments of ecstasy.
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176 reviews
September 10, 2025
Jeffery Heath’s Entropy Loop: And Other Poems is a brilliant masterpiece and collection of poems that capture the raw and vulnerable emotions of the human experience.  Jeffery Heath knows how to authentically capture the human experience throughout this beautiful collection of poems.  


In Entropy Loop: And Other Poems, Health takes his audience on a journey through the emotional landscapes of what being a human is like in our world today. His poems are also a reflection of the raw emotional landscape of Heath’s own journey of grief and longing in life. There are many lessons to be gained for those who read the words of his heartfelt poems. Jeffery Heath’s journey through grief, memory, and transformation has much to teach all of us all about the human spirit. 


As someone who admires beautiful heartfelt poetry, Heath’s poems are deeply moving. His use of language describes grief, longing, and transformation that are new to the genre of poetry. Heath’s poetry cuts right to the human spirit and touches the inner core of a person’s heart. Jeffery Heath knows how to invoke human emotion, something we all need to experience from time to time. 


Heath’s  collection of poems signals a message of hope for the human heart. That message is: “Everything is going to be okay. You are not alone in your grief.” Therefore, Jeffery Heath’s poems are full of  reassurance. He is truly a “poetic healer.”


Jeffery Heath’s book, Entropy Loop: And Other Poems is truly a brilliant collection on loss, resilience, and transformation. I recommend this beautiful and emotional poetic masterpiece to anyone in need of healing and hope. Jeffery Heath is truly a brilliant poet who knows how to capture the raw and vulnerable emotions that every single person experiences.
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September 19, 2025
Jeffrey Heath’s Entropy Loop & Other Poems is a slim collection, but it feels immense in scope. The poems do not offer comfort so much as recognition, moving between the starkly intimate and the dizzyingly cosmic.

The one that hit closest to home for me was Picasso Woman. Heath describes the dying body of a loved one in raw detail: “one ghost of a breast / where surgeons carved at your cancer / like bad spots from an apple”. When I spent weeks visiting my aunt in hospice, I remember how surreal the body seemed, familiar and yet estranged. Heath captures that distortion exactly, and I found myself reliving those moments through his words.

Wedding Rings You’ve Lost Along the Way is another standout. Structured in three parts, it traces the histories of different rings: one inherited, one cut off in a hospital, one swallowed by the sea. The images, “Now he wears it as a groove, / bone raised around empty space”, make absence tangible. It is a powerful example of how objects can hold decades of story, love, and betrayal.

And then there is the title poem, Entropy Loop. It is sprawling, surreal, and strange: “The girl was an ocean of jellies, / a spiral of stars left in her wake; / galaxies bloom her hidden currents”. At first I found it chaotic, but then realized that was the point. Grief itself is chaotic, looping back on itself, full of strange currents.

This is not a soothing book, but it is unforgettable. Heath does not turn grief into something pretty; he shows it as it is, and somehow, that honesty becomes its own kind of solace.
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147 reviews11 followers
September 4, 2025
This collection’s overall tone for me seemed to be melancholy even in the more uplifting poems, but it works for this collection. I resonated with “Depression”, because I suffer from mental health issues and this poem captures perfectly how it feels to wake up, and try to put yourself together the best way you can. Jeffery Heath beautifully uses nature elements in his work, whether it’s describing what he sees on a journey, or to parallel the narrator’s life. I felt many of the poems in this collection told an overall story of a man who loved, then suffered a love broken, to only have hope spring again, which I found to be a great way to tell a story. I thought it was a sad but beautiful one. Heath also gives us a variety of poems. He explores various poetic structuring throughout the book, He's not just a one trick pony, and it gives us variety.
My only issue was when I began reading I struggled with how the sentences were structured. It caught me off guard at first and disoriented my reading, but I soon picked up the flow, and it became easier to read, so a minor issue.
If you love haunting poems that tell the story of faded love, nature, and just pondering on the world, then I highly encourage you to read this collection. Heath truly proves his poetic expertise with each work in this book.
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91 reviews1 follower
September 11, 2025
Entropy Loop: & Other Poems by Jeffrey Heath is a short, powerful collection of soul-searing poems. An elegy to love, loss, regret, and longing. Cries of loss are woven with prayers of hope which stir the souls of all who have had it all and lost it along the way.

In 42 pages, I felt I knew what it felt like to have found the love of my life. I knew the hole in my soul that was left from the loss of that love. The regret for actions that cannot be undone. I knew longing for things that cannot be replaced. And finally, I knew the sweet peace of memory.


Jeffrey Heath’s majesty with words took me on a ride through my darker emotions without leaving me shattered. The raw honesty of Heath’s lyrical prose carried me deep into the heart of the man. The writing lingers long after reading, both heartbreaking and strangely comforting in its honesty and imagination. 


Such vulnerability is a gift to readers everywhere. For those of us who have suffered great loss, there is a frustration when folks ask, “How are you doing?” The answer lies within.


In the end, this collection left me moved, unsettled, and oddly comforted all at once. It doesn’t hand out easy answers, but it does offer honesty, beauty, and a sense of connection. I’d recommend it to anyone who wants poetry that speaks straight to the heart and stays there.
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56 reviews1 follower
September 11, 2025
Jeffrey Heath’s *Entropy Loop & Other Poems* is a poignant and deeply moving collection that explores grief, memory, and the transformative impact of loss. With raw honesty, Heath navigates the emotional terrain of watching a loved one fade, weaving vivid, intimate imagery that draws readers into the speaker’s experience.
The poems shift seamlessly between past and present, mirroring the fragmented yet hyper-aware nature of grief, with free verse and deliberate line breaks amplifying moments of pause and emotional weight. Themes of death, family, legacy, and the tension between connection and silence permeate the work, underscored by metaphors of space and gravity that evoke the push-pull of holding on and letting go. A standout line, “what draws us close / also dares us to release,” encapsulates the collection’s poetic wisdom and emotional truth. Stripped of excess, each word feels purposeful, resulting in a delicate yet powerful collection that lingers long after the final page.
I recommend this collection to those who seek poetry that speaks with quiet honesty about grief, memory, and the fragile dance between holding on and letting go.

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125 reviews2 followers
September 7, 2025
Entropy is defined as a measure of disorder or randomness. This collection from Jeffrey Heath explores loss, resilience, and transformation.

It’s a vulnerable collection, exploring mental health, loss, relationships, and connects the concept of entropy throughout each poem.

In several of the poems, the personification of the blossoms of the magnolia tree waking up to the sunlight, memory, and the ocean was incredibly vivid.

Memorable quotes included:

“Memory is a gentle trespasser
It doesn’t knock. It slips in”

“The sea is an unreliable historian.
It keeps your foot prints just long enough to forget them.”

The poem Syntax was a powerful way to describe a relationship, incorporating the elements of grammar throughout the poem. “We love in grammatical errors: dangling promises, split intentions, each touch a clause that contradicts the list.”

I recommend this collection of poems. It’s thought provoking, personal, honest, descriptive, and reflective.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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Author 143 books196 followers
October 18, 2025
Haunting Verses That Linger and Transform...

In Jeffrey Heath's Entropy Loop & Other Poems, grief unfurls like a serpent through fragmented verses, where the acute contours of recollection penetrate the obscurity of permanence. These phrases, imbued with unexpressed anguish, evoke both desolate and magnificent realms—arid expanses that resonate with submerged harmonies and spectral forms that drift in the stark darkness. Heath's voice, coarse yet powerful, confronts the abyss.

Amidst the turmoil, a spark of resistance emerges. Poems embody subdued fury that transforms sorrow into radiant optimism. This concise volume lingers in your mind and compels re-reading. It conveys: even amidst disarray, new life emerges. Highly recommended.
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October 19, 2025
Jeffrey Heath’s Entropy Loop & Other Poems is a stunning exploration of memory, grief, and renewal. Each poem feels like a fragment of time suspended—achingly intimate yet universal in its reach. Heath’s language is both precise and evocative, blending stark imagery with lyrical depth to capture the fragility and persistence of the human spirit.

Moving seamlessly between the physical and the metaphysical, this collection invites readers to linger in the spaces between loss and transformation. Entropy Loop is not just a book of poems—it’s an emotional journey through the cycles of breaking and becoming, rendered with artistry and grace.
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October 20, 2025
"Entropy Loop & Other Poems" by Jeffery Heath is an amazing collection of poems that delves into grief, memory, hope, and transformation with raw honesty and grace. Heath’s poetry captures the essence of the human spirit, blending lyrical precision with emotional depth. Each poem moves between loss, hope, and renewal, blending rich imagery with heartfelt reflection. Through themes of longing and resilience, Heath invites readers to confront vulnerability and discover healing within it. Both authentic and hopeful, this collection resonates deeply, offering solace and insight to anyone navigating life’s emotional landscapes. A truly heartfelt and transformative read.
56 reviews2 followers
October 20, 2025
Entropy Loop: & Other Poems by Jeffrey Heath is a moving and introspective poetry collection that explores the deeper layers of emotion and the passage of time. The writing feels thoughtful and expressive, offering readers a space to pause and reflect on life’s quieter, more fragile moments. It’s the kind of poetry that invites you to read slowly and sit with the meaning behind each line.

I found this collection to be both calming and thought-provoking, with verses that stay with you long after reading. It’s a wonderful choice for anyone who enjoys reflective poetry that touches on themes of loss, growth, and the human experience.
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19 reviews1 follower
October 22, 2025
“Poems of Healing and Change”

This poetry collection “Entropy Loop: & Other Poems” by Jeffrey Heath offers a quiet yet powerful look at loss, remembrance, and change. The verses blend vivid scenes with emotional depth, moving from desolate landscapes to mystical moments with ease. Each poem balances sorrow and strength, using clear and graceful language to reflect on what’s gone and what might still grow. It reads like a tribute and a call for healing, inviting reflection without overwhelming. Thoughtfully composed and emotionally resonant, the work leaves a lasting impression through its gentle honesty and imaginative reach.
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62 reviews3 followers
October 24, 2025
This poetry collection hits you in quiet, unexpected ways. Jeffrey Heath writes with precision and emotion, blending grief, memory, and nature into something both painful and peaceful. His imagery feels alive, and even when the poems ache with loss, there’s a sense of renewal that makes you keep turning the pages.

In Entropy Loop: & Other Poems, every piece feels personal yet universal, like fragments of humanity woven into verse. The poems move between the physical and spiritual, creating moments that linger long after reading. It’s not just poetry to read, but to feel—a tender exploration of connection, transformation, and the endurance of the soul.
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263 reviews
August 15, 2025
In Entropy Loop & Other Poems, Jeffrey Heath writes as if each line has been carried in the pocket for years, worn smooth by time and touch. The collection turns ordinary moments—a window view, a misplaced ring, a drifting seed—into coordinates on an emotional map where love, distance, and memory overlap.

These are not showy poems; they exhale as much as they inhale. The voice is grounded yet restless, shifting between intimacy and vastness, the personal and the cosmic. The effect is less like reading and more like overhearing the quiet truths people tell only when the lights are low.
20 reviews1 follower
October 22, 2025
Entropy Loop & Other Poems by Jeffrey Heath is a poignant and introspective poetry collection that delves into themes of loss, memory, and transformation. The author's writing is lyrical and precise, blending emotional depth with striking imagery.

The collection structure flows seamlessly, guiding readers through cycles of pain, healing, and renewal. With its haunting tone and evocative language, Entropy Loop will resonate with readers who appreciate contemplative, emotionally rich poetry. Overall, it's a powerful and beautifully crafted meditation on the human experience.
48 reviews1 follower
October 23, 2025
“Entropy Loop: & Other Poems” by Jeffrey Heath is a stirring poetry collection that explores loss, connection and emotional resilience. The central theme reflects the fragile and enduring nature of the human heart. The nature imagery links the external world with inner emotions. The verses balance quiet sorrow with strength by offering reflection rather than consolation. The collections represents both hollowness and vastness. Overall, this honest and vivid collection captures raw human experiences by making it both deeply personal and universally relatable.
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44 reviews
October 23, 2025
Entropy Loop & Other Poems by Jeffrey Heath is a profoundly evocative collection of poems. Heath’s language is both haunting and graceful, infusing each line with emotion and quiet power.

The collection captivates through its lyrical intensity and meditative tone. Every poem feels like a fragment of a greater emotional mosaic, where vivid imagery and reflective pauses intertwine seamlessly, drawing readers into a world of thought and feeling.

This book will deeply resonate with those who cherish contemplative poetry.
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50 reviews
October 26, 2025
Entropy Loop & Other Poems by Jeffrey Heath is a poetry collection. The author’s writing is both lyrical and layered, blending vivid imagery with philosophical undertones. Each poem feels like a quiet conversation between the past and present, inviting readers to pause and reflect on the impermanence of life. The tone is contemplative yet hopeful, making it an engaging read for those who appreciate introspective and thought-provoking poetry. I found the language evocative, though its abstract style may appeal more to reflective readers.
49 reviews2 followers
October 28, 2025
Interesting read
Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but for me, poetry has to have meter, rhythm, and cadence, things I don't find in this collection. It's more like lyrical prose, as it expresses the author's subjective feelings, emotions, and thoughts. It contains some interesting metaphors and displays all kinds of feelings and reactions to them, showing the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity and contradictions. It's a compendium of poems that helps you understand the author and what motivates him.
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3 reviews
October 19, 2025
This book explores the delicate balance between despair and renewal. The author Jeffrey Heath crafts a profoundly moving collection of poetry pulses with emotional honesty. It blends vivid imagery and quiet introspection to uncover the raw beauty within grief. Each verse feels intentional as it captures both the stillness of loss and the strength of survival. “Entropy Loop: & Other Poems” offers a graceful meditation of the enduring resilience of the human heart.
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October 19, 2025
"Entropy Loop: & Other Poems" by Jeffrey Heath is a tender and deeply expressive collection that captures the fragility of loss and renewal. The author reflects on love, family and the quiet ache of time passing.

The language flows with a rhythm both graceful and haunting, echoing the cycles of grief and healing. Readers will find beauty in its honesty and solace in its gentle exploration of remembrance and release.
60 reviews4 followers
October 22, 2025
“Entropy Loop” is a beautiful collection of poems that I found very moving. Jeffrey Heath writes about grief and renewal with such honesty that I often found myself pausing to just sit with his words. The poetic descriptions move between pain and peace, and the past and the present, all while creating a story of beauty and transformation. It’s the kind of book I can see myself turning to at different points in my life.
57 reviews2 followers
October 29, 2025
Jeffrey Heath’s Entropy Loop feels like standing at the edge of time, where memory and loss collapse into poetry. Each line pulses with tension; between beauty and decay, grief and grace. His language is both precise and dreamlike, grounding abstract emotion in vivid imagery. This collection doesn’t just explore transformation; it enacts it, reshaping silence into something deeply relatable and touching.
52 reviews
November 1, 2025
Heath’s Entropy Loop & Other Poems captures the fragile architecture of emotion with haunting clarity. Time, loss, and identity collapse and rebuild within each line, creating a sense of motion that feels both cosmic and deeply personal. This collection both challenges and consoles in equal measure.
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84 reviews
October 31, 2025
"Entropy Loop" by Jeffrey Heath is full of complex poems that will challenge your thoughts and emotions. Through the author's poetic verse, the reader learns his personal trials and excitements in ways that are frequently individual and relatable. Heath has a very unique style, and it's easy to see that his poetry is important to him. This isn't a thrown-together collection; it's been built event by event, emotion by emotion.
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