Smoke & Soul: Poems 1987-2026

By Gene Searcy Stephens

"From smoky soul records and French Quarter nights to driftwood beaches and the long Texas moon, Smoke & Soul moves through memory, loss, desire, and the stubborn will to keep singing.

Gene Searcy Stephens writes with raw honesty and quiet fire, poems that taste of bitter coffee, apricot brandy, and the ache of old love. Some pieces howl with primal energy, others whisper like a slow blues riff. Together they form a deeply personal chronicle of a life lived loud and felt deeply.

This is not polished verse for the academy.

This is smoke and soul, the blood of poetry, spilled over forty years."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GYFNBKZM
• ISBN13: 9798257814877
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"