🏆 Award-Winning Title — “2025 National Indie Excellence® Award

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Poetry Dust: In the Middle of My Before and After,  is more than a poetry collection—it's an immersive experience which blends over 60 never-before-published poems with over 60 bold, vibrant art pieces, each carefully designed to complement the text.

 

Every other page features a nearly full-page illustration. This book was created in the hopes of igniting inspiration, for art lovers, seekers, and those drawn to the unseen emotions that connect us all. It journeys through themes of life, change, time, truth, loss, resilience, and the extraordinary beauty found in the often difficult contrasts of life.

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For much of my adult life I have worked in the arts, as a professional photographer, painter, editor, creative writer and poet--I am forever drawn to the exchange and connection between the physical and the unseen, the tangible and the metaphysical.

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This book marks my first published collection, and I invite readers to pause, reflect, and allow inspiration to grow. Whether you are a lifelong poetry reader or new to the genre, my hope is that it will stir the soul, and remind us that art is a living thing, passing from contact to contact, ever growing and reshaping itself in new creations. 

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USA — The 19th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) has named Poetry Dust: In the Middle of My Before and After by Alyssa Skyes a Winner in the 2025 competition in the Gift Books category.

A hardcover, full-color art and poetry collection, Poetry Dust was selected for its originality, emotional resonance, and striking visual presentation. Blending rich language with vivid artwork, the book captures life’s transformative moments—making it an ideal gift for seekers, creatives, and lovers of beauty.

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