Better to Have Lost

By Bekah Stogner

"better to have lost" is a dramatic yet human experience that deals with loss. Bekah Stogner writes from a place without lights in hopes of finding a catalyst for change. The voice in these poems look for light and ponder how the passing of others can shape the lives of those still walking the planet. What we learn is the death is always around us, waiting, whether we feel it or not, and it demands to be acknowledged.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Unsolicited Press
• Release date: Feb 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463339893

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better to have lost.

Bekah Stogner

Copyright©2019 Bekah Stogner

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Published by Unsolicited Press

First Edition 2019.

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for my mom.

deadroses.

A dead rose sits on the dashboard of my car.

I guess it reminds me to never hold onto anything for

too long.

I guess it reminds me of the potential of beauty

and love

and happiness

and how quickly they can wither away