Thistle + Thorn

By Wren Anson

Thistle and Thorn is not a collection, it's a reckoning.

In this stunning debut, Wren Anson lays bare the quiet violence of survival and the fierce, tender work of healing. With a voice sharpened by trauma and softened by truth, each poem cracks open the raw underbelly of grief, rage, heartbreak, mental illness, and resilience.

Told in verses that bite and bloom, Thistle and Thorn speaks to anyone who has ever clawed their way through the dark, only to find themselves still standing, shaking, but whole.

Paired with stark, abstract black-and-white artwork, this collection is both an emotional purge and an invitation: to feel it all, to name the ache, and to find fragments of yourself within the wreckage.

For the ones who've been silenced, splintered, or told to smile through the pain-this book is for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FBT4N4L6
• ISBN13: 9798285849483
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"