What It Takes

This collection of poems embodies the personal struggle through heartache, loss, disappointment and, ultimately, a sense of peace. Images and emotion collide in this explosive, raw compilation, allowing the reader a point-blank view of the beauty and injury that often come with interpersonal relationships. Anger, grief and confusion give way to a sense of perspective in this profound portrait of human nature. What It Takes reveals both the striking loss life and love can seize from a person, as well as the strength and defiance needed to survive it.