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Love Bad. Love Bad More. Love Bad Best.

Love Bad: Poems About Love. Not Love Poems.

A book of poems, by me, Teshelle Combs, allowing for the investigation of, or rather the accusation of, or rather the condemnation of love and all its claims on me. I would say enjoy, but I'm trying to be less naive these days.

Love Bad More: Poems About Love. More Or Less.

A continuation of poems about love by me, Teshelle Combs, in honor of the continuous nature of love and how it goes in either direction, regardless of our requests. I hope this books finds you out of control.

​Love Bad Best: Poems About Love. Last, Not Best.

The final installment of poems about love, by me, Teshelle Combs, unless there will be more, which is either up to me or up to love, but probably not up to any of us if poetry has anything to do with anything. You are welcome to it, but I advise a tentative approach.

For Series

For Her

Words laced together on behalf of an idea, a place, a world. Poems for the earth, from someone who's lived here all her life. Poems about what it takes to bring life out of death. 

For Him

Words assorted for the robust, for the place we love. Poems about the bold and unafraid nature of nature. 

For Us

Poems about the delicate fearlessness of the earth and its beginnings and endings. Perhaps it will give these to us if we are up for the learning. 

For Them

​Poems about the turning of the earth, toward and away from one thing to another, and for the idea of "them", from which we also turn away or towards.

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Breath Like Glass

A collection of poems by Teshelle Combs for love that never lasts and which cannot be removed, even by the craftiest words or the sharpest pen.

Let There Be Nine

Let There Be Nine

Poems about the nine possible Enneagram personality types that depict humanity. 

Let There Be Nine Vol. 2

More poems about the nine Enneagram personality types that depict humanity. 

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Girl Poet

A collection of poems on the passion, privilege, and pain of being (or not quite being) a girl.

Frameless

A collection of poems for the colors that have made life vibrant, from their perspective, so we may share in what they might think and feel.

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This One Has Pockets

Narrative poetry about a girl who is near giving up and the boy who tries to save her. 

On The Nature of Hinges

A series of poetic questions from the perspective of someone who has been left behind more than once

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Gray Child

A unique expression of being more than one race, written by a Caribbean American woman, for anyone who care to read.

Induction

Get a chill up your spine and a tear in your eye reading this poetic science fiction story, written by Teshelle Combs, for your entertainment. Explore deeper meanings of love and family through someone else's eyes.

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Aural

A poetic exploration of sound, its nature, and what it can or cannot do to the world around it. Immerse yourself in a marriage of words and acoustics. 

When No One Is Listening

A collection of poems based on thoughts and impressions gathered in the shadows when backs are turned. Let us see if we can get a light out.

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