Fiery Hero Of The Rose

Fiery Hero of the Rose is the debut poetry collection of Aiden Hale DeRoss - a 19 year old poet from New Jersey whose journey from skepticism to faith forms the spine of this raw and searching collection.Organized into three sections - Before, The Awakening, and After - these poems trace a path through darkness, transformation and hard won hope. Written across several years of questioning, searching and ultimately encountering something he couldn't deny, DeRoss brings an unflinching honesty to subjects most poets avoid - doubt, suffering, the brokenness of the world, and the fire that can be lit inside a person when they find what they were always looking for.These are not comfortable poems. They are honest ones.From the quiet grief of The Color of a Distant Memory to the defiant joy of Found, from the social reckoning of Goin South to the ancient declaration of Tetelestai - this collection moves across the full range of human experience without ever losing sight of the hope at its center.Fiery Hero of the Rose was not written to convert anyone. It was written to make you think, to make you feel, and to remind you that somewhere in the darkness someone is still holding a light.