Debut Poetry Collection

Revelry

A collection celebrating the beauty of human connection, the ache of loss, and the resilience found in love and memory.

Publisher

Red Poet Publishing

Publication Date

May 1, 2025

Print Length

180 pages

ISBN-13

979-8992624809

ASIN

B0F228S7Q5

Part of

The R Series

If you’ve ever felt the pull to reconnect with yourself, your senses, and the small, sacred moments of life…

If you’ve ever longed to slow down, listen, and honor the rhythms of your own body and the natural world…

If you’ve ever carried love, longing, and an uncoded call to something more all at once and wished there was language for the quiet in-between…

If you’ve ever wanted a companion for your seasons of growth, release, and becoming — a gentle guide in words…

If you’ve ever needed a pause, a breath, or a reminder that being present is its own kind of celebration…

…may this collection speak to the corners of your soul you’ve been tending.

Revelry is the first book in the “R” series poetry collection. The poems included are soaked in sun and hope, whisking the reader away on a journey through wild exploration and stillness. A delicate compilation of heart, love, and mischief, Revelry is an uplifting, positive, and comforting book that may be used as a security blanket for some and a conversation starter for others.

Though these poems are written from a female perspective, these universal emotions are felt and can be used to connect with all, as this is the human experience.

The secret life of a poet
We see the world through tulle and lace
Delicately dancing barefoot through the woods, shocking the earth awake
Joining soil to flesh seeing what love can create
This is what we long for, live for, openly embrace

 

— from Revelry

Reader Testimonials

Straight From the Heart

Awards & Honors

Recognized Thirteen Times Over

From national finalists to distinguished favorites, Revelry’s reception has been an honor from the very first year.

2026 International Book Awards Finalist: Poetry, Narrative
2026 Eric Hoffer Award Nominee
2025 American Writing Awards Finalist: Narrative, Contemporary and General Poetry
2025 American Fiction Award Finalist: General and Contemporary Poetry
2025 International Impact Book Award Winner: Poetry — Personal and Confessional
2025 American Book Fest Best Book Award Finalist: Contemporary and Nature Poetry
2025 The Authors' Zone — 1st Place in Poetry
2026 Colorado Authors League Finalist: Single Poem, "The Secret Life of a Poet"
2026 Independent Press Award: Distinguished Favorite, Poetry — Human Identity and Connection
2025 American Fiction Award Winner: Nature and Narrative Poetry
2025 NYC Big Book Award: Distinguished Favorite, Poetry — Journeys, Memory and the Self
2025 BookFest Award — Second Place, Poetry: Love, Nature and Inspiration
2025 Positive Impact Award
Awards & Accolades

Seals of Recognition

The Wild Notes

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The Wild Notes is a monthly offering—part field journal, part reflection, part quiet invitation. Each month, I share poems, musings from the natural world, creative notes, and gentle updates from my life and work as the Poet of the Wild. It’s a place to slow down, listen closely, and remember our belonging to the living world. If you’re drawn to language shaped by earth, season, and spirit, I’d love to meet you there.