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Carnage: poems for the haunted
Where there is trust, there will be Carnage.
Written for anyone haunted by the ghosts in their past, Carnage dives headfirst into the effects trauma and betrayal have on a sensitive heart. In Part One, Malin digs deep into that agony, fear, and suffering, resurrecting all the grisly emotions people bury. In Part Two, she tells the poetic story of her own metamorphosis - how she moved on from her misery and transformed it into art.
Written for anyone haunted by the ghosts in their past, Carnage dives headfirst into the effects trauma and betrayal have on a sensitive heart. In Part One, Malin digs deep into that agony, fear, and suffering, resurrecting all the grisly emotions people bury. In Part Two, she tells the poetic story of her own metamorphosis - how she moved on from her misery and transformed it into art.
197 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2022
About the author
Jenna Malin
10 books28 followersJenna Malin is a St. Louis mystery romance author, poet, and live-music lover. She never feels more herself than when she's in the crowd at a show.
Malin independently released six poetry collections while writing her debut mystery romance novel, Deviant Vandals, which is the first book in her crime procedural series, The Detectives of Defiance.
Malin independently released six poetry collections while writing her debut mystery romance novel, Deviant Vandals, which is the first book in her crime procedural series, The Detectives of Defiance.
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July 5, 2025
I don't read a lot of poetry. So when I encounter a book like this I'm unprepared for just how raw and emotive it can be.
The book comprises two long poems, "Carnage" and "Creation". The first lays bare a haunted soul, still tortured by the embers of a past relationship that burned the person they used to be. The second nurtures those embers, acknowledging the trauma, but using it to build someone new. And these are still embers, not ashes, for they burn still.
It's agonizingly beautiful. The book is beautifully presented, including evocative photography to complement the thoughtful formatting.
As someone fortunate to have never endured such experiences, I can glimpse what heartbreak and soulbreak feel like. And what a survivor looks like.
The book comprises two long poems, "Carnage" and "Creation". The first lays bare a haunted soul, still tortured by the embers of a past relationship that burned the person they used to be. The second nurtures those embers, acknowledging the trauma, but using it to build someone new. And these are still embers, not ashes, for they burn still.
It's agonizingly beautiful. The book is beautifully presented, including evocative photography to complement the thoughtful formatting.
As someone fortunate to have never endured such experiences, I can glimpse what heartbreak and soulbreak feel like. And what a survivor looks like.
July 12, 2024
This is my first completed poetry book, and it was intense.
I cried and I screamed.
It hit my soul in more ways than I thought something could.
It was like the author dived into my trauma and yanked the words right out of me.
Reading this was incredibly cathartic, and I'm so grateful to the author for pulling those words out and helping me heal.
I cried and I screamed.
It hit my soul in more ways than I thought something could.
It was like the author dived into my trauma and yanked the words right out of me.
Reading this was incredibly cathartic, and I'm so grateful to the author for pulling those words out and helping me heal.
May 13, 2025
only Jenna Malin can put the absolute torture of a bad relationship (or, a situationship gone wrong) into words and still manage to make you feel like an absolute badass by the end
10/10 never misses
10/10 never misses
September 21, 2024
READ IT. if you read or write poetry and need to relate with all the gory details of having a broken mind and raging anger this collection of poetry is amazing and one of my favorites of Jenna Malin's.
it's impossible for me to have one favorite poem from this work, but here is one of many:
"you left me curled up and gushing blood; knowing all the stitches in the world will never be enough to reverse the ruin."
it's impossible for me to have one favorite poem from this work, but here is one of many:
"you left me curled up and gushing blood; knowing all the stitches in the world will never be enough to reverse the ruin."
November 28, 2022
5 stars for this beautifully brutal poetry collection. Jenna has such a hauntingly beautiful way with words in all that she writes. This collection is a favorite of mine. Just a few of my favorite pieces from this collection are on pages 13, 25, 101, and 138.
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