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Buddah Desmond’s Latest Release, Exotic Shifter: 11th Anniversary Edition, Out Now

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I’m happy to announce that my latest book, Exotic Shifter: 11th Anniversary Edition, is available now!

Exotic Shifter is about love and relationships. As my grandmother says, “Love is a metamorphosis.” Love changes things… Well, love changes everything. The poems in Exotic Shifter examine how we can be transformed once we learn to love ourselves and others better.

The 11th Anniversary Edition contains all 20 poems from the original edition, along with 9 new poems. It’s a celebration, an expression of my gratitude, and a love offering. May love forever reign supreme!

Exotic Shifter: 11th Anniversary Edition is available for purchase at Amazon.com. Get into it!

Much love + many blessings! ~ Buddah Desmond aka BDEZ

Buddah Desmond’s New Poetry Collection, Coming Up From the Downside: Finding Joy in Our Song, is Out Now!

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The celebration continues! Happy to announce that my latest poetry collection, Coming Up From the Downside: Finding Joy in Our Song, is out now!

Coming Up From the Downside is about adversity, healing, resilience, and faith. It’s about overcoming pain, loss, depression, health issues, and heartbreak to get to real love and the joy that sustains us through it all. It’s the third and final book in what I’m calling “The Home Within” trilogy, which was preceded by 2020’s From The Inside Out: A Poetry Collection and 2023’s Everything I Miss(ed) At Home.

The vast majority of the poems in this book were written in the thick of the pandemic. One of the bleakest periods that completely changed my life, and the lives of so many others. It was a season that kept giving lesson after lesson after lesson in the midst of getting up from the downside.

Coming Up From the Downside was published by Liquid Cat Publishing. The cover was designed Black Author Brand. Extremely grateful to my publisher’s team and the Black Author Brand team for their love, support, encouragement, guidance, and great work throughout this process!

And thank you so much for all who’ve supported me along the way. Words aren’t enough to express my gratitude.

Coming Up From the Downside: Finding Joy in Our Song is available for purchase at Amazon. Get into it!

Much Love + Many Blessings! ~ Buddah Desmond