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Can you find the permission within to offer yourself a life of authentic freedom? The freedom to embrace yourself with a loving compassion and the opportunity to break away from burdensome caricatures or weary facades? In this heartfelt collection of short poems, the author conducts a painfully transparent exploration of his life dealing with personal demons, mental illness, and what it means to remain true to a healthy, open-hearted human being as the very center of it all. Together, readers will survey alongside the author a diverse range of experiences which run the spectrum of euphoric love and tragic loss - common tropes articulated here with grounded hope and a pragmatic sense of optimism. If life is a journey, then these works are the various mile markers depicting every high and low along the ever-evolving ascent through our troubled youth and into a flourishing adulthood.

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"""Dylan Podson's poems are beautifully written, highly evocative, and deeply touching. His abundant compassion, sensitivity, and humanity are on full display in this remarkable collection."" Robert H. Deluty, Ph.D. The Matter of Families: New and Selected Poems ""In this collection of poems, replete with images of darkness, struggle and near-death, Dylan generously brings us along on his journey with depression. He bravely confronts his demons, tracing the contours of his experiences and performing a kind-of alchemy with the results. This is not a book of answers; rather, it is a record of encounters, of honest confrontation with despair that finally reveals the miracle of life. Ultimately, these poems celebrate life, the miracle-in-the-mundanity of life, when a lovely day is one in which one is ""alive and well"" (""Deadmalls""). Threaded through the collection is always a glimpse, a sense, a whisper of hope."" Chinwe Edeani, Photographer ""These poems are a vulnerable glimpse into the mystery of the human condition. The writing hits you like a roaring river - scary and turbulent, yet deeply cleansing. Dylan's work is a powerful and uplifting cry for hope in these dark times."" Patrick Muhlberger, Filmmaker"

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Dylan Podson is a public health professional with experience in global and community sciences. His career interests have been in health equity for disadvantaged and underserved populations, but is an aspiring author in his personal life. With his spare time, Dylan enjoys the exploration of travel, learning from other cultures, and building bridges across various group traditions. He now resides in Maryland but will always have one foot planted in the present moment and the other out the door for whatever comes next.

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