{"product_id":"wilting-of-winter-and-worry-edgar-j-wilde-9798992193152","title":"Wilting of Winter and Worry: Verses of Decay, Doubt, and the Dimming Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wilting of Winter and Worry is the final installment of The Withering Collection, a body of work written not to heal cleanly, but to survive honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the earlier volumes traced roots, seeds, petals, and thorns, this book lingers in the cold that comes after everything has already fallen. These poems move through absence, desire, addiction, self-destruction, devotion, and devotion's cost, written from within blackout hours, withdrawal mornings, and the quiet reckonings that follow collapse. This is not poetry polished for comfort. It is language pulled from the body while the body was still breaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured as a descent and return, the collection explores the ache of absence, the pulse of want, the bindings of desire, the erosion of self, and finally, the strength found not in rescue, but in choosing to stay. Love here is not idealized. It is obsession, gravity, shelter, threat, and salvation all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese verses do not offer solutions. They offer recognition. They speak to those who have loved too much, endured too long, numbed themselves to survive, or stood at the edge wondering whether staying was bravery or habit. And yet, beneath the rot and ruin, something remains: the proof that the speaker lived through the storm long enough to tell the truth about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wilting of Winter and Worry is a reckoning, a confession, and a closing door. It is for readers who carry their damage quietly, who understand that survival is not always triumphant, and that sometimes, the most radical act is choosing to remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar J. Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992193152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bell of Ash and Sky Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Edgar J. Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001125609727,"sku":"9798992193152","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wilting-of-winter-and-worry-edgar-j-wilde-9798992193152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}