More God Than Dead

Learn how to navigate grief, discover your path to resilience, and find joy in the midst of heartache.

This poetry collection centers on the death of the poet's late wife and contends with learning how to find language, joy and identity in the midst of unexpected and crippling loss. These poems will make you cry, laugh, scream and exhale all at once.
In More God Than Dead, Geter unveils his widowhood journey through vivid and descriptive poems that use a variety of forms and techniques. While they center on his personal experience, these poems also examine grief and loss in a way that can be felt and understood by everyone.
This collection will: Take you on a journey through the five stages of grief-- denial, depression, anger, bargaining, and acceptance.
Empower you to turn your heartbreak into healing
Demonstrate how joy can be discovered even in the midst of hard times
Provide a guide on how to process your thoughts, feelings and emotions in a healthy way
More God Than Dead is the highly anticipated debut poetry collection from award-winning poet Angelo Geter, who currently serves as the Poet Laureate of Rock Hill, SC. It is the fourth book in the Laureate Series initiated by Muddy Ford Press in which South Carolina poets laureate work with state poets as editors of their first books of poetry.