Verses From a Wounded Soul
Poetry born from loss. Words shaped by healing.
Verses From a Wounded Soul is a collection of poems written through grief, loss, struggle, and recovery. These are words for the moments when pain is difficult to explain—and for the strength it takes to keep going.
Commissions
poetry for the moments that matter
A poem written for one occasion and one family. Memorials, funerals, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays. You tell me about the person;I write the words you can't find.
Tell me the story. I'll find the words.
Tell me who it's for, the occasion and date, a few details only you would know about them, and any lines or memories you want carried in.
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Books by Xavier
A small collection of books shaped by poetry, reflection, memory and lived experience.
Verses From a Wounded Soul
$18.00The core poetry collection exploring emotional recovery and spiritual endurance.
View Book → Verses From a Wounded Soul
$ 14.00
[Limited Chapbook] A hand-bound edition featuring 21 short minimal poems.
Verses From a Wounded Soul
$ 14.00
[Limited Chapbook] A hand-bound edition featuring 21 short minimal poems.
Verses From a Wounded Soul
$ 14.00
[Limited Chapbook] A hand-bound edition featuring 21 short minimal poems.
The Architecture of Leaving
$ 14 .00
The core poetry collection exploring emotional recovery and spiritual endurance.
Verses From a Wounded Soul
Xavier O. Shipman
A collection written through loss and recovery, holding the hard parts up to the light rather than looking away from them.
Verses From a Wounded Soul
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You send me a loss. I write a poem for it.
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Contact Xavier
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Xavier O. Shipman
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