Ink Naked and Bare [Large Print]

By Teri Dourmashkin

Ink Naked and Bare is a raw, lyrical descent into grief, rebirth, love, and survival. These poems do not observe pain from a distance. They step directly into it, naming it, holding it, and refusing to look away. Written in a voice that is both fragile and unflinching, this collection explores what it means to inhabit a body marked by memory, trauma, faith, longing, and resilience.

Moving through cycles of darkness and light, the poems confront loss, mental illness, spirituality, self love, desire, and the quiet courage required to remain tender in a brutal world. Suffering is not romanticized, nor is hope offered cheaply. Instead, beauty emerges through honesty, through ink pressed into skin, through words that bleed and heal at the same time.

Ink Naked and Bare is an offering of vulnerability. It speaks to those who have loved deeply, lost painfully, questioned relentlessly, and still choose compassion. These pages are a testament to the human spirit's refusal to be erased, a reminder that even in the most inky depths, something luminous can still rise.

This is poetry for readers who seek truth over comfort, depth over distance, and the courage to look within.

• Format: Paperback
• Large Print: Yes
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GM3BWBWY
• ISBN13: 9798232571092
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Teri Dourmashkin
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"