"This book is an apothecary filled with remedies for the ailments of modern life." Chloe Hope, Death & Birds

In Reunion Songs, Amanda Cooke shows us the way back to ourselves, each other and the world around us.

The collection of 55 empowering poems offers comfort, hope, courage, inspiration and connection. With words for love and loss, longing and letting go, hope and help, faith and freedom, clarity and self-compassion, each poem is a homecoming and a portal to healing.

Reunion Songs takes the reader through a journey of awakening, reconnection, remembering, reclamation and ultimately a return to what was there all along.

In this powerful and transformative book, you will find the courage and clarity to navigate times of change and uncertainty, along with joy and gratitude for the everyday.

Both lyrical and frank, Reunion Songs is a must read for those longing for a more connected, peaceful and purposeful life. If you want to feel empowered to make real change in your own life and discover how small acts of liberation and love can help create a more beautiful, just and compassionate world, this book is for you.

"A beautiful tonic for these times of change." Mary Walker, The Land Will Hold You and Lullaby for Mothers.

"The poems of Reunion Songs will lift your spirits." Michelle Spencer, Armchair Rebel

"Amanda's dowsing rod is a pen tuned to spirit. Pulled by those deep currents, she leads our oldest longings to a lush and welcoming new home. I would follow her anywhere." Lara O'Connor

"Each poem in this collection will reach into your heart and invite you to follow, bringing you closer to yourself and to the love that's always within but often obscured." Emma Campbell Webster

"A deeply moving reading experience, Reunion Songs allows us to celebrate a very special reunion, an internal homecoming with ourselves. Liberating, wise, unapologetic, humorous and hugely relevant in our current times:
Ring out now, don't hesitate.
You are born for these times.
The whole world is on fire,
there's no room for self-doubt.
A gift to any one who dares to follow their call." Katja Elk

"This eloquent, lyrical collection of poems reveals the nonhuman world around us in exquisite detail." Tracy Cottrell

Amanda Cooke is a writer, poet and songwriter from Australia. She lives on unceded Yuggera Turrbal country with her husband, teenage daughter and animal family.

Finally, when what was
held tight in the bud
for so long bursts open,
there will be no containment.
There is nothing more unstoppable
than a hidden truth breaking free.

from 'In the End'

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