“Gifts and Other Small Things” is my second installation of poetry, and it is an ode to love poems, both classic and modern. “Gifts and Other Small Things” began exactly as that—a gift. These love poems are eight years in the making, and compiled to document life’s transition between two people. Relationships and feelings change and evolve through the years, collecting gifts along the way, making their own inside jokes, singing their favorite songs, and watching the seasons turn. This is a snapshot of those moments, told through my eyes, and written for my love for our engagement. You can buy it via Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, and you can also follow my Instagram for more poetry and other writing!

This amazing cover was designed by my friend and fellow artist, Matt Keeler.

Grains of Sand
COPYRIGHT © 2022 by Colton Babladelis
Excerpt appears courtesy of Winter Goose Publishing