Mystic River

By Stacy Nicholson

Mystic River is an exquisitely compiled, soul-stirring collection of 100 poems that show different sides and different emotions from the author's life. Each and every poem from this book will touch a different layer of your heart until it reaches the very center of your being.

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Hundred Faces of Love
• Release date: May 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9780645533743

Stacy Nicholson

Stacy Nicholson is a poet, novelist, and humanitarian. Born to hardworking farmers in a remote village in Bosnia, a former Yugoslavian Republic, Nicholson moved to Australia in 2002 as a war refugee. There she obtained a degree in Library Information Services and went on to build a successful career in Library Services, working at some of the most renowned libraries in Victoria.Nicholson first became known for her romantic poetry with the book Stay With Me, but it did not take long for her writing in other genres to become equally popular and loved. In general, her writing has been described as reflections of on universal human experiences, feelings that describe from the full range of human emotions, from awe to wonder and tenderness, from agony to ecstasy.

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Editors: Penny Silva, Ally Owen

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FOREWARD

"How strong she became.

After years of pain, she felt that her heart

Became whole and pain-free […]

For the first time in her life, she was happy."

In this vulnerable, deeply honest poetry collection, Stacy Nicholson explores how an open heart is the key to unlocking our humanity.

Combining the intimate, compassionate view of human connection from her first collection (Stay With Me) with the transparent, self-reflective account of human struggle from her autobiography (Colour My Heart), this collection is the ultimate tour de force of the human emotional landscape. Wherever you are in your life’s journey of ups, downs, and nuances of the in-betweens, these poems connect everyone with one uniting, cathartic thread: none of us is going through it alone.

With solace and solidarity at the heart of every poem, Nicholson uses empowering language and relatable metaphors to illustrate how light can exist even in the darkest of places—and how hope for a better future and an unwavering belief in love can outshine even the harshest, most persistent pain.

Drawing on both her personal experiences—as a woman, as a refugee, as a writer, and as someone challenged by mental health—and general expressions of love, pain, and resilience, she captures the versatile, yet universal, nature of what it means to be human.

-Aly Owen, Editor

CONTENTS

FOREWARD

INTRODUCTION

LOVE POETRY

If I Could Be a Moon

Stay with Me

Bleeding Heart

Loved One

L’Amour

For You

Yearning

Life Without Love

King of My Heart

Heart Whisper

Born for You

El Amor

Amore Mio

Love Symphony

Desert Storm

Love Violin

Dominant

Eternal Breath of Love

His Heart is My Home

Flower Fields

Forever

Keep Loving Me

Winter Flower

Wild Heart Love

Unspoken

Dreamer

Symphony of Love

Red Rose’s Petals

Our Love is Our Gift

Love River

Eyes Filled With Stars

Love of My Life

LOSS POETRY

Liberty Love

Albatross

Lovers Whisper

One-Sided Love

Should Trust You

Ruined Heart

Lost in Love

Silent Love

Love Window

Fatal Love

Split

Blanket of Silk

Man With a Black Heart

Dry Rose Petals

Buried in Snow

Our Love Is Our Rainbow

Day After Day

Still Loving You

Flambeau

You Just Watched

Between God and Me

Broken Flower

Don’t Forget Me

GRIEF POETRY

Ocean

Mystic River

Meteor

Little Bird

Between Dawn and Sunset

Life Versus Death

Broken Wings

Sword

Child from a Black Night

Fragile

Rejected

Reborn

Find Me

Solitude

Labyrinth

Honey and Bees

In Search of Peace

Loneliness

Living Fearlessly

Nostalgia

Orange Desert

White Dove

Enchanted

Destined to Be Unloved

SOLIDARITY POEMS

Parallel Living

Trapped

Srebrenica: Bosnia and Herzegovina

In God’s Hands

Fields of Wheat

If My Tears Could Release My Pain

Vendetta

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Mystic River is a collection of selected poems I have shared over the past two years on social media. Themes of poems vary in experiences ranging from love to pain. I wrote poems to bring light into people’s lives where it is needed, and to strengthen their belief in love.

Writing is an important part of my life, and I use my pen to bring out diverse issues in society, such as mental health problems and the current situation of the world and humanity. When I write, I keep in mind a wide audience and tackle versatile topics.

My first poetry book, Stay With Me, targeted younger generations; Mystic River is a poetry book of poems to be loved and celebrated by different generations and identities.

Thank you for reading Mystic River. I hope you will love my poetry.

LOVE POETRY

IF I COULD BE A MOON

If I could be a moon in the night sky,

I could be surrounded by stars.

You would be mine forever, love.

I would be happy witnessing the beauty of the world

From far above.

If I could be a moon,

I would light flowers with sparks to