BEYOND Obvious: Don't Just Think Differently, OBVIOUS

Beyond Obvious is a debut collection of fifty poems that looks past the surface of ordinary moments - the arguments, the silences, the small cruelties and quiet kindnesses - to find what's actually happening underneath. Most of these poems are observations: portraits of people the author has watched, overheard, or simply noticed, rendered with unflinching honesty. The rest turn inward, tracing regret, hope, fear, and the strange comfort of enduring. Structured across five distinct parts, the collection moves from the villains we create to the cracks that hold us together, asking one question throughout - what do we miss when we only look at what's obvious? For readers who want poetry that observes rather than performs, Beyond Obvious offers a way of seeing that lingers long after the page is turned.