My first book of poems!

It's finally here it's finally here it's finally heeeeeere

Hi all.

Well, today’s the day. After years of deliberating, procrastinating, wishing, I finally have a collection of poetry to share with you. A real, tangible, bound collection of poems! Can you believe it?

PREORDER HERE by April 22 to guarantee yourself a copy.
Read more on the project below.

The Stories You Told & Other Poems is a collection of my poetry, artfully displayed alongside film photographs in full, wonderful color.

This is an especially meaningful little collection to me because it wouldn’t have happened without the hundreds of you who commissioned poems from me over the years. It’s made up mostly of poems I’ve written for you (with a couple extra reader favorites sprinkled in), poems which were curated for the breadth of the human experience they cover: love, grief, spirituality, hope, loss, growth. I hope, whether or not a poem you’ve commissioned made it into this collection, there is a poem in here for absolutely everyone.

This book will be a limited run, printed to order (because that’s good for the earth!). Each copy will be numbered and signed, shipped to you wrapped beautifully* in sustainable packaging. Only those who preorder will be guaranteed a copy, so if you know you want one, make sure you place your book order by April 22! Books will be sent out beginning of May. I ship worldwide.

In addition, everyone who preorders will be gifted three free months of the Daylily membership here on Substack—this applies to y’all who’ve already supported me in this way, and new folks who want to see what it’s all about! You’ll get a note from me on how to activate those free months with your book when it arrives in the mail :)

I am really proud of how this little book came together. I am so looking forward to sharing it with you. I hope you like reading it as much as I liked making it!

Hope this week treats you all kindly.

Warmly,
t.r.h. blue

* I should say I hope they will be wrapped beautifully—it’s a skill I’m still developing :’)