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Closer to Closure
Book Subtitle: Poems
Book Description:
Closer to Closure is Drew Walker’s second poetry book, following Confines of a Free Spirit (2020). This collection reflects on the everyday joys and sorrows that shape us, exploring love, loss, relationships, and awe-filled moments with honesty and lyrical contemplations.
Walker’s poems invite readers to slow down, feel deeply, and discover new layers of connection within themselves.
More than a book of poetry, Closer to Closure is a work of art. Each poem was originally typed on handmade, recycled paper—botanically embedded and naturally dyed—then faithfully reproduced, giving every page a tactile sense of honesty and care. From cover to cover, the collection radiates intimacy, creativity, and the universal desire to live fully and authentically.
“If I love you, will I lose myself?” speaks to the underlying theme of Closer to Closure. Drew Walker’s poetry is steeped with rhyme and meter, the spoken word of love-seeking and love-lost, “a stirring ache” in this “beautiful tragedy.”
– Laurie Lynn Muirhead, author of Coyote Snow
In a time when writers’ creativity and craft is undermined and threatened by AI, Drew Walker’s reflective and unique book reminds us of the importance of human emotion and nature’s inspiration. As Walker asserts in one of her poems, “Art is not an afterthought,” and poetry is worthy of its place on these delicate and beautiful handmade pages.
– Kim Mannix, author of Confirm Humanity
Closer to Closure is a candid, clever, and grounding read, not unlike the presence of the author herself. Recommended for anyone who understands that trees are cool in every sense of the word or simply has an appreciation for the fullness of the human experience, and the beautiful pages that hold them.
– Joy Love, Poet
Drew Walker offers you a glimpse into the world of love, loss, mistakes, fears, and a constant struggle to find and love oneself. She expresses her emotions through concise language. She uses a pittance of words to express regret and vulnerability, anguish and ecstasy, love and loss. Bold colours and texture you swear you can smell and taste as she utters “when everything becomes too much, that’s when you’re supposed to cry.”
– Daniel Poitras, poet in Beaver Hills House
The spirit of humanity throbs through these pages. Listening to undeniable universal truths being captured by these pages. Moved and heard and listened to by these pages. Leaves one feeling stood with in a solidarity of the spirit. Closer to Closure cloaks your heart in warmth and understanding.
– Ryan James Summers aka Some-Sum; poet, host, emcee, story teller, artist
Spiral notebook with pink and white flowers on rustic old table
Author: Drew Walker
Publisher: Wild Skies Press
Format: Paperback & Ebook
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-997770-03-9 | $26
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-997770-04-6 | $9.99
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 | Pages: 140
Publication Date: November 20, 2025
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