Sniff your ink, color your Blues, chime your magnet

The clock is ticking! Transform nose-drooling breakup Blues into the only thing you control as your pen scribbles past Romance songs of shock, anger, negotiation, and depression. With a flourish you bag a magnetic charm.

A bold, intimate, unapologetically raw collection of short poems and prose pieces explores the complexities of love, loss, and self-discovery, predominately in the 12-bar Blues structure.

Through vivid imagery and evocative language, the Author — a distinct voice, both playful and melancholic, with a willingness to experiment with language and form, from vernacular'isms, metaphor, and figurative structures, down into prosody — delves into the raw emotions of heartbreak, desire, and the search for connection. From whimsical encounters to poignant reflections, Bard Poet offers a glimpse into the human experience with vulnerability and honesty.

The poems don't shy away from difficult emotions like heartbreak, longing, and self-doubt. Using dark humor, whimsical imagery, sadness, wordplay, striking imagery, and the juxtaposition of mundane and surreal, here is a bold tour through heavier themes. Flashes of humor illuminate bleak realities — lightning which was never tamed by a bottle.

The Author, sword with diamond ring hilt and oxblood fountain pen in the hands, engages with the Sea Monster found in the depths of everywoman — step barefooted onto the surging deck amid the slosh of saltwater and echolalia of call-and-answer as we wrestle abstruse metaphor tentacles studded with soul-gripping suction cups. Bare your teeth in the fish sauce scent of belonging and collective freedom. 

If you have struggled to find and maintain genuine connection, pick up Maurllan's Bard Poet Journal Edition and follow along with your gorgeous fountain pen as he takes you through the stages of grieving: from shock into anger, negotiation, flagellant depression, and on into a sophisticated, melancholic and introspective glowing denouement of self-acceptance. Touch the tip of your tongue to the bittersweet aftertaste, honeyed with a feeling of hope and a confidence healing took place during your inner journey.

• Feel the rare satisfaction of understanding poetry that speaks directly to your experience rather than floating in academic abstraction.

• Unlike those who settle for the safety of sanitized emotions, inhale the raw authenticity of a voice who dares to express what most keeps hidden.

• Recognize yourself in both the swagger and vulnerability while validating the complexity you've always known exists within you and few would praise you for.

• If you've ever felt misunderstood in love ("been so misunderstood / not in love / been so misunderstood"), discover the wet-eyes joy of seeing your experience articulated with unflinching honesty.

• While others might duck confronting relationship failures, you journey through the authentic Blues progression of simmering anger, step over the limbs of fallen doubts, into melancholy and out to the bowsprit of a hard-won peace few secure for themselves.

• Tool your prose chops with language which dissolves trope boundaries, mirroring how you've always sensed there's more beneath our everyday communication.

• Like the Author, you'll recognize when and how even in our darkest moments, Individuation is a gift of your unique creative expression.

50% Poetry + 50% Color Book & Journal

🇬🇧 Printed and shipped from England

📐 A5 Royal 148 x 234 x 30 mm thick! (5.83 x 9.21 x 1.25")

💕 Only Available at Maurllan's Artisan Bookstore!

Cover Hand Illustration and Layout by Maurllan.

Back Cover Spell

should I love to

swirl the favorite pen

smell the ink inside

dwell near poems of magick

drip tears just as hot…

Game of Journals!

Learn to play A Game of Journals by Maurllan… https://maurllan.com/blog/resources/a-game-of-journals-by-maurllan

Peek Into the Chords!

Learn how to customize an acoustic guitar to Wahine slack tuning for the poem Justine on pages 117-121… https://maurllan.com/blog/resources/writing-your-novel-as-temporal-art-a-dance-of-thought-and-feeling

OH, it's

early in the mornin'

early in the mornin'

found I

woke up with a cold

woke up with a cold

who gave me a voice

who gave me a voice

way down low

way way down

low

low

Justine don't ask your friends…

-excerpt

🇬🇧 Shipping Notes:

• Ships from England worldwide

• USPS Consolidator recommended for US customers (tracked)

• Premium paper & Wire-O binding require additional prep time

• US customers: Order Royal Paperbacks separately for faster domestic delivery

• Bundle additional US Royal Paperbacks for 20% discount!

Technical Specifications:

• 298 pages of 170 gsm Premium Bond paper

• A5 Royal format: 148 x 234 x 30 mm (5.83 x 9.21")

• Professional 8 mm horizontal ruling

• Wire-O binding for perfect lay-flat function

• Crafted for journaling, planning & creative annotations

ISBN: 979-8-88619-018-2

Learn more about Maurllan's research…https://maurllan.com/blog/resources/resources-for-bard-poet



Genres:

POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica

SELF-HELP / Journaling

PSYCHOLOGY/Psychotherapy/Jungian