The Heart of You
Poetry About Hope and Persistence
Andrews McMeel Publishing · Print & ebook · August 19, 2025
In the third and final installment of the Souls Trilogy, acclaimed poet Iain S. Thomas explores what hope feels like after despair.
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- Who it’s for
- Iain S. Thomas explores hope after despair through poems on fear, bravery, and intimacy.
- Themes
- Hope after despair, Persistence and faith, Fear, bravery, and intimacy
- Genres
- Inspirational Poetry, Poetry About Death
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In the third and final installment of the Souls Trilogy, acclaimed poet Iain S. Thomas explores what hope feels like after despair. Following on his bestselling collections, The Truth of You and The Secret of You, Thomas’s latest volume of over two-hundred poems examines how we find the faith to carry on when everything has been stripped away and all that remains is the core of who we are.
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Enhanced by dramatic ink illustrations in his signature style, The Heart of You explores fear, bravery, intimacy, what we keep, and what we leave behind.
Hope After Despair
Iain S. Thomas explores hope after despair through poems on fear, bravery, and intimacy.
Come here for
- Poems about hope after despair
- Explorations of fear
Expect
- Dramatic ink illustrations in Thomas’s signature style
- The third and final installment of the Souls Trilogy
Where it sits
| Inspirational Poetry | 46% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 36% |
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Publisher categories
- Poetry About Death
- Love Poetry
- Inspirational Poetry
- Authors
- Iain S. Thomas
- Publisher
- Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Published
- August 19, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Hope after despair · Persistence and faith · Fear, bravery, and intimacy
- Reading lane
- Poetry About Death