25 must-read poetry books like Light Filters in: Poems by Caroline Kaufman

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Light Filters in: Poems

By: Caroline Kaufman

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short…

"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

If you liked the poetry plot in Light Filters in: Poems by Caroline Kaufman , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. soft thorns

By: bridgett devoue

4.22

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in bridgett devoue's soft thorns book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • mental illness
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"lust rushes but love waits"

-bridgett devoue, soft thorns

"so much more was said in the unsaid"

-bridgett devoue, soft thorns

"scars may fade but they last forever"

-bridgett devoue, soft thorns

"scars may fade but they last forever."

-bridgett devoue, soft thorns

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2. Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

By: Courtney Peppernell , Rosy Bullot , None

3.82

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love and raw emotions. It… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
"My heart is not in my body; it's lying under the castle you burned down."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"I had a dream that I was under my skin, lost and wandering around my body."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"Does art make sense to you? You are so brave an quiet; I think you would understand."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

"Of all the tragedies on this earth, there is none more tragic than a person who cannot see their worth."

-Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts (Pillow Thoughts, #1)

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3. The Chaos of Longing

By: K.Y. Robinson

4.16

Format: 1342 pages, Paperback

The Chaos of Longingis a brutally honest exploration of desire--physical, emotional, and spiritual.… read more

Similar categories in K.Y. Robinson's The Chaos of Longing book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
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4. Milk and Honey

By: Rupi Kaur

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of vi… read more

Similar categories in Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
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5. Depression & Other Magic Tricks

By: Sabrina Benaim

4.27

Format: 359 pages,

Depression & Other Magic Tricksis the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performa… read more

Similar categories in Sabrina Benaim's Depression & Other Magic Tricks book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • mental illness
  • poetry
  • contemporary
  • mental health

6. The Princess Saves Herself in this One

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wish… read more

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7. Love Her Wild: Poems

By: Atticus Poetry

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. Love Her Wildis a collection of new … read more

Similar categories in Atticus Poetry's Love Her Wild: Poems book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

8. Bright Minds Empty Souls

By: Jennae Cecelia

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bright Minds Empty Souls is for the hopeless romantics and those who need a friend to comfort their… read more

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9. Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I

By: R.H. Sin

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel is author R.H. Sin's first book of poetry. read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

10. The Sun and Her Flowers

By: Rupi Kaur

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Paperback

From Rupi Kaur, the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited s… read more

Similar categories in Rupi Kaur's The Sun and Her Flowers book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

11. Whiskey Words & a Shovel II

By: R.H. Sin , None

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Real and raw, the voice of R. H. Sin delivers gritty, impassioned truths on matters of loving, livi… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Whiskey Words & a Shovel II book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

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12. To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

4.02

Format: 160 pages, None

"You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself." This book … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • mental illness
  • poetry
  • contemporary
  • mental health
"some things don’t come alive until we believe in them with our whole hearts."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"what do we do with all the things we need to say to someone we’ll never see again? - maybe that’s why i write."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"I wish I had known I was never going to see you again because I would have spent more time clinging to the good we did have instead of clinging to the bad I couldn't change."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

"lately, it seems like everywhere I look, I only find daughters haunted by something their mothers did to them. we tell each other that we could raise our daughters differently. we do this while wonde…"

-Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost (Things that Haunt, #2)

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13. Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Following the smash success of her best-selling book, Pillow Thoughts , Courtney Peppernell returns… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
"You shouldn't lose sleep over somebody any more than they should lose sleep over you. But you do, we all do. And we call this love."

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"I know life isn't always about bright colors and fireworks. Sometimes the colors aren't always clear, and our days get so hard they hurt. But settle down with me, hold my hand, let me kiss you. All I…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enjoy all of it. Hell, some chapters will make you cry for weeks. You will read things…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

"There is great freedom in only having yourself. Not having to worry about supporting anyone else, not having to think or make choices with anyone else in mind. But there is still an ache, some days d…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Healing the Heart (Pillow Thoughts, #2)

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14. Light Filters in: Poems

By: Caroline Kaufman

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • teen
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"how to stop the thoughts how to stop the sadness how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy"

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

"Be grateful that Time will heal the wounds but Leave the scars. How else will you Remember all that You've survived?"

-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems

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15. Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

By: Courtney Peppernell

4.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In a voice that is inclusive and open to all, Courtney Peppernell presents a tribute to her readers… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • mental illness
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"Words become trapped in your mind if you don’t free them. Write them down, speak them, share"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"There are many things you should care about Like sick animals, dying trees, and saving the bees. What others think of you is not one of these things."

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"The grass isn't always greener on the other side. In fact, that grass has been tendered and grown by someone else. Just because your front lawn is withering doesn't mean you can destroy someone else'…"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

"When we met, there was a pull. Like two magnets unsure of the way we wanted to feel. You told me that night you were afraid of fireworks but loved colors in the sky. And all week I’ve been wondering …"

-Courtney Peppernell, Mending the Mind (Pillow Thoughts, #3)

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16. 2am thoughts

By: Makenzie Campbell

3.75

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

You are holding my heart in your hands. My emotions have bled out on each and every page with the i… read more

Similar categories in Makenzie Campbell's 2am thoughts book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
"Some songs seem to have people attached to them."

-Makenzie Campbell, 2am thoughts

"You are a map of every destination I want to discover."

-Makenzie Campbell, 2am thoughts

"There were things I wanted to put on paper but the words hurt too much to write."

-Makenzie Campbell, 2am thoughts

"You say you want us to survive the flames, yet you feed the fire every time you walk away."

-Makenzie Campbell, 2am thoughts

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17. I Hope You Stay

By: Courtney Peppernell

3.85

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

In the spirit of her bestselling series,  Pillow Thoughts , Courtney Peppernell returns with a new,… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Peppernell's I Hope You Stay book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • mental health
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18. Every Word You Cannot Say

By: Iain S. Thomas

4.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

*May this book find the person it needs to. May they find every word they were looking for.* **I k… read more

Similar categories in Iain S. Thomas's Every Word You Cannot Say book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • audiobook
"Somewhere, you can stretch every moment into a kind of forever."

-Iain S. Thomas, Every Word You Cannot Say

"Even if you do it quietly you have to give yourself the life you want."

-Iain S. Thomas, Every Word You Cannot Say

"You can be someone who matters to others. You can be someone who matters to you."

-Iain S. Thomas, Every Word You Cannot Say

"You cannot fix me because I am not broken. And even though everything has changed, I am still more me than I’ve ever been."

-Iain S. Thomas, Every Word You Cannot Say

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19. Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things , bestselling & award-winn… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"but she was wearing a short skirt."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"everyone loves a strong woman until that woman no longer tolerates their bullshit. —the age-old proverb."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"some days i wake up & think, i would still do anything for the person you made me think you were. —it’s too bad he doesn’t exist."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

"i refuse to be ashamed of taking up my rightful. i refuse to apologize for daring to have an opinion. —it’s a pleasure to disappoint you."

-Amanda Lovelace, Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

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20. Empty Bottles Full of Stories

By: R.H. Sin

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A joint poetry collection from the virally popular and bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Dra… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Empty Bottles Full of Stories book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
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21. Planting Gardens in Graves

By: R.H. Sin

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel comes the first volume in an all new series… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Planting Gardens in Graves book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • mental health
"Children who were abandoned grow up to love people who abandon them"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"you are not difficult to love your soul mate will love you with ease"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"you've seen the stains of my past and you still want to love me you've witnessed the weight of my heart and yet, you'd still like to hold it"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

"here's the thing and I need you to take in every word when someone truly loves you and I'm not talking about that watered-down shit that you got from every ex who caused you nothing but a great deal …"

-R.H. Sin, Planting Gardens in Graves

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22. Winter Roses after Fall

By: R.H. Sin

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the authors of The New York Times bestsellers  Empty Bottles Full of Stories  and Falling Towa… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Winter Roses after Fall book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
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23. Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"more forgetting time.more midnight dances with yourself."amanda lovelace, the bestselling & award-… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"when you spend all your time imagining yourself in other people's shoes, your own story goes unwritten, & there is nothing more painful than that."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"here is nothing unfeminist about the girl who chooses the ball gown & the prince. there is everything unfeminist about those who try to shame her for her choices."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"inside the cramped fitting room, she slips into dress after dress as if she´s trying to slip into someone else´s life. - much to her dismay, her reflection stays the same."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

"if he doesn’t think you’re absolutely stunning at your dirty sweats & grass-stained feet, then he sure as hell doesn’t deserve you at your fancy dress & uncomfortable heels."

-Amanda Lovelace, Break Your Glass Slippers (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #1)

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24. Home Body

By: Rupi Kaur

4.07

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Rupi Kaur constantly embraces growth, and in home body, she walks readers through a reflective and … read more

Similar categories in Rupi Kaur's Home Body book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"i am loving myself out of the dark."

-Rupi Kaur, Home Body

"there are years in me that have not slept"

-Rupi Kaur, Home Body

"por qué todo parece menos hermoso cuando nos pertenece"

-Rupi Kaur, Home Body

"Aquello a lo que hemos sobrevivido, vive dentro de nosotros."

-Rupi Kaur, Home Body

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25. She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt)

By: R.H. Sin

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel series comes this poetic reminder o… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's She Felt Like Feeling Nothing (Volume 1) (What She Felt) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • mental illness
  • poetry
  • contemporary
  • mental health
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26. Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.97

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“Make them rue the day they underestimated you.”This is a story about not letting society dictate t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • audiobook
  • mental health
"don’t you dare become smaller to make room for others. don’t you dare shrink back into the shadows. don’t you dare wither while everyone else blooms. here’s an indisputable fact: you matter."

-Amanda Lovelace, Shine your Icy Crown (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #2)

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27. To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

By: Amanda Lovelace

3.73

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

"What happens when the man of your dreams turns out to be a nightmare with sharp teeth and claws?"W… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Lovelace's To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1) book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • contemporary
  • poetry
  • mental health
"darling, you are worthy."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

"yet here i am. i stand before you the woman who managed to become everything you said she could never one day be."

-Amanda Lovelace, To Make Monsters Out of Girls (Things that Haunt, #1)

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28. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

By: Madisen Kuhn

3.65

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular … read more

Similar categories in Madisen Kuhn's Please Don't Go Before I Get Better book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • audiobook
  • poetry
  • mental health
"it's amazing how music can do that: make life feel so much more real."

-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

"i swear you always knew me better than i knew myself. you saw me in ways i didn't know how to see myself yet."

-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

"it's easy to look back and romanticize the bits of time when you were first getting to know someone. both of you were looking at each other the same way you have to look at the sun when it's in the m…"

-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

"right now, i feel i am someone who is cold, insecure, nervous, idle. i am not the person i dream of being. i want to be warm and joyful, like i used to be before i decided i was too fucked up. i crav…"

-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

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29. When the Stars Wrote Back

By: Trista Mateer

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Light Filters In, this compilation of sho… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's When the Stars Wrote Back book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The person you are at the beginning of a story is rarely who you are at the end of one."

-Trista Mateer, When the Stars Wrote Back

"There are two versions of me: one that forgives like forgiveness is the only thing they serve here, so I just have to keep ordering it, and one that doesn’t. The one that doesn’t is the one that writ…"

-Trista Mateer, When the Stars Wrote Back

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30. For When She's Feeling Blue

By: Edgar Holmes

3.51

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

For When She's Feeling Blue is Edgar Holmes' second collection of poetry (after his bestselling deb… read more

Similar categories in Edgar Holmes's For When She's Feeling Blue book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • mental health
"a lot of pain can be avoided by communicating how you want to be loved and how your partner wants to be loved treat your relationship like it’s important and put in the work to make it last yin and y…"

-Edgar Holmes, For When She's Feeling Blue

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31. I hope this reaches her in time

By: R.H. Sin

3.82

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

you have a message from r.h. Sin read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's I hope this reaches her in time book and Caroline Kaufman's Light Filters in: Poems

  • poetry
  • mental health
"until next time, talk to you soon… (call ends…)"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"the clouds dance around each other like lovers avoiding the truth"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"i was the ocean you wanted rivers i was the moon you chased the stars"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

"you owe it to yourself to give yourself the love that you've misplaced in other"

-R.H. Sin, I hope this reaches her in time

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