A Gentle Goodbye

By C.H. Karolus

A Gentle Goodbye is a lean collection of fifteen poems about what we carry and what carries us: objects that turn into memory, rooms that become witnesses, and the slow work of leaving and being left. Written in plain speech and tight lines, these poems move through confusion and brief clarity, grief and small steadiness, without forcing neat answers. A chair, a market, a road, a tree. The images are simple and exact, made to stay with you.

Inside you will find poems that sit with loss and keep a quiet, honest tone, short forms that leave space to breathe and think, and a clear path from disorientation to a steadier walk forward.

Read one page, then breathe. Take what helps, leave the rest, and return whenever you need a steady, quiet room.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FM3DPTJJ
• ISBN13: 9798297331037
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"