To Be, Or Not to Be: Welcome to the Garden of Human Emotion

by Dorian Graves

Step into a garden where every emotion blooms. To Be, Or Not to Welcome to the Garden of Human Emotion is a collection of poetry that explores the full spectrum of human feeling—joy and sorrow, love and loss, hope and despair.

Through vivid imagery and lyrical verse, this book invites readers to wander among the petals of passion, the thorns of grief, and the quiet roots of resilience. Each poem is a reflection of the timeless question of existence—what it means to be, and what it means to confront the shadows of not being.

Whether you seek solace, inspiration, or simply a moment of reflection, this collection offers a sanctuary for the soul. It is a reminder that within the garden of human emotion, every experience—no matter how fleeting or painful—has its place, its beauty, and its truth.

88 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2025

About the author

Dorian is the author of "Bones and Bourbon," first book in the urban fantasy "Deadly Drinks" series. Are you looking for a novel with body-hopping necromancers, gay relationships and transgender protagonists, otherworldly realms, families of supernatural beings, and the occasional carnivorous unicorn? You've found the right book!

Dorian Graves has also written a number of short stories, including "A Taste of Empty" and "The Ragabash Foxtrot," the two parts of Dorian's senior thesis, which earned Dorian a BA in English (Creative Writing emphasis) from Mills College in 2014. When not writing and calculating the perfect humor/horror ration in any given story, Dorian can be found exploring the woods, devising increasingly ridiculous World of Darkness campaigns, and possibly listening to more Blue Oyster Cult than is sane.