Ashton Harper's collection, Always Something Heartfelt: Life, Love, and Heartbreak, is a myriad of human experiences captured in lyrical verse. As tributes and eulogies, the poems in this collection capture the "Maybe I'll kiss your lips, gently," potential love to the "Is this what heaven feels like?" daydreamy love to the "But I've always wanted you," unrequited love. From the highest of romance-filled highs to the lowest of loneliness lows, and everything in between, the poet's honest and vulnerable journey leads by example, inviting readers to come to this collection as their whole, full-spectrum-of-emotional selves. With urgency and a deep understanding of what it is to celebrate and grieve genuine connection, Harper unabashedly explores the unmapped terrain of life, and the relationships made and lost along the way, with fierce language and visceral storytelling.