Don't You Dare Shut Up: A Collection of Poems (1)

Starting from a place called "Small," the reader is invited to accompany the author on her journey of finding her voice and discovering that she was bigger, braver, and tougher than she ever believed.Within the pages of this collection is a poem for anyone who ever felt like they had to make themselves quieter and smaller―whether out of fear or necessity. For anyone who ever believed the lie that they were alone, and had to tackle the impossible on their own. For anyone who ever faced their own weakness and thought they had to stop dreaming. For the ones who think the storm could break them. This book comes against the lies that silence, and invites you to find your voice.

Lydia Hart is a light-sensitive tea enthusiast. She's been fighting against fear since she can remember, and poetry has become her heart's language. She writes to process her own light and dark places, and to speak value into others.