A poetry collection
The Life I found after
Poems about losing your way, sitting with the dark, and finding the voice to say it out loud.
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The book
For anyone who has had to start again
The Life I found after is a collection of poems about the years when everything came apart, and the slow, stubborn way a life grows back. It moves through grief, longing and the ache of finding yourself again, toward acceptance, and the courage to begin.
Written for anyone who has had to sit with the dark before finding a way out, these poems are less a map than a hand held out in the fog. You are not alone. And the life you find after is still yours.
- Genre
- Poetry
- Language
- English
- Format
- Paperback, 181 pages
- Published
- September 2026
Paperback, 181 pages. Available in every Amazon store worldwide.
From the collection
Sound Proof
You’re looking at the perfect cut grass.
I’ve been dwelling
about
everything you’ve done that hurt me.
Pleading.
You can’t see that I’ve been bleeding.
You can’t hear me
because you’re sitting behind a sound proof glass.
Maya Rose, The Life I found after
About the author
Maya Rose
Maya Rose is a poet based in Germany who writes in English. The Life I found after is her first collection, written over the years in which she lost her footing and slowly found a different kind of ground.
Her poems are direct, unflinching and unafraid of the dark. They are for the nights when nothing makes sense yet, and for the mornings when, against all odds, something does.
I wrote these poems for the version of me who thought it was over.
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New poems, readings, and what comes next
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Everything you need, in one place
Cover in print resolution, an author photo, a short biography and the facts about the book. For interviews, readings, review copies or rights enquiries, write to Maya directly.
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Book facts
- Title
- The Life I found after: A Poetry Collection
- Author
- Maya Rose (Maya Rose Hopkins)
- Genre
- Poetry collection
- Language
- English
- Format
- Paperback, 181 pages, 15.2 x 22.9 cm
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Release
- 18 September 2026
- ISBN-13
- 979-8170471607
- ASIN
- B0HKGNZH8K