First published 2017
Sage Grey emerges from the pages as Harris's created persona, a voice born from solitude and disconnection. The poetry collection unfolds through the lens of this alternate self, someone who has known loneliness intimately and speaks directly to those who feel cut off from the world. Grey addresses readers who have lost their way, who struggle with emptiness, and who believe love has passed them by. Each poem becomes a conversation between this constructed identity and the isolated reader. Harris uses Sage Grey to explore what it means to live as someone else, to inhabit a different skin when your own feels too heavy. The verses move between the author's real experience and Grey's imagined one, blurring the lines between authentic emotion and performed identity. The collection builds toward a simple but powerful message: the very act of reading these words creates connection. Through Sage Grey, Harris reaches across the void that separates writer from reader, offering companionship to anyone who has felt truly alone.
Genres: literary-fiction, contemporary, poetry, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: alternate-identity, unreliable-narrator
26 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform