Forged Quiet

By David Scott Isolano

Forged Quiet is a book of poems hammered out in the pressure between impact and response-where storms hit, silence closes in, and a person finds out what they're made of.

These are not soft reflections. They move through anger, discipline, grief, hunger, and the strange peace that comes after you stop pretending life is anything but a fight worth showing up for. Time, sea, wind, steel, and bone keep showing up-elements that cut clean through excuses and sentiment.

Written by David Scott Isolano, Forged Quiet speaks to anyone who has taken real hits, gotten back up slower than they'd like, and still refused to stay down. The voice is stripped down and direct-no decoration, no apology.

Read this if you:
- Prefer hard truth over comfort
- Feel more at home in solitude than in crowds
- Know pressure doesn't break you, it builds you

Forged Quiet is not about being rescued by the storm. It's about becoming the kind of person who can walk straight through it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G59JL3QV
• ISBN13: 9798275246452
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"