Please Hear What I'm Not Saying: A Poetry Anthology on Mental Health (Publishing Announcement)

Announcement: Publication of a Poetry Anthology on Mental Health

Yesterday, Isabelle Kenyon has published the anthology Please Hear What I'm Not Saying. She edited poems from 116 poets, including myself. The theme of the poems is mental health and is divided into 8 sections. Isabelle has carefully put a list of Trigger Warnings for each chapter on her site - you can check them out here. In the upcoming weeks, I will be posting a full review of the book as well as share my own poem. For now, I wanted to offer Isabelle a chance to share the news about this project!

P.S. It is already #2 in the Poetry Anthology lists on Amazon.com!

Who is Isabelle Kenyon?

In December, I encountered tens of poets on twitter. Amongst which was Isabelle Kenyon, who at the moment was in New Zealand. I remember this fact, as she was doing Spoken Word Poetry during her travel, and it is what actually inspired me to do my own Spoken Word Poetry videos. Enough about how I met her, and more about her. So, who is she?

Isabelle Kenyon is a Surrey based poet and a graduate in Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance from the University of York. She is the author of the poetry anthology, This is not a Spectacle and micro chapbook, The Trees Whispered, published by Origami Poetry Press. She is also the editor of MIND Poetry Anthology 'Please Hear What I'm Not Saying'. You can read more about Isabelle and see her work at www.flyonthewallpoetry.co.uk

Isabelle's Guest Post

Thank you to Jeremy for letting me guest blog today! I wanted to spread the word about the MIND Poetry Anthology which I have compiled and edited. ‘Please Hear What I’m Not Saying’was released on Thursday, 8th of February, on Amazon. The Anthology consists of poems from 116 poets (if I include myself!) and the book details a whole range of mental health experiences. The profits of the book will be going to UK charity, MIND.

The book came about through my desire to do a collaborative project with other poets and my desire to raise money for a charity desperately seeking donations to cope with the rising need for its work. I received over 600 poems and have narrowed this down to 180.

As an editor, I have not been afraid to shy away from the ugly or the abstract, but I believe that the anthology as a whole is a journey – with each section the perspective changes. I hope that the end of the book reflects the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for mental health and that the outcome of these last sections expresses positivity and hope.

Thank you, Isabelle

Back to me - Jeremy. I am really happy to have submitted a couple of poems and that one of them is actually featured in this project. As someone who has suffered from depression, mental health is an issue I like to raise awareness on. When my poetry can, not only help people become aware, but also be part of anthology whose profits go to charity - I feel quite accomplished. As I promised, I will be trying to read this anthology within the coming weeks, so that I will be able to give you a full review. It might take me a while if the poems are somewhat too intense emotionally, to which I might need small breaks and go back to reading lighter stuff. Either way, I will do my best to bring you the best review possible as soon as I can.

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