Dion Anja

Dion Anja's debut dark poetry book My Dawn Is Only Five Hours Away explores the turbulence of pandemic through coming-of-age poems. Confronting anxiety, death, insecurities, isolation, and human nature, Anja makes sure her readers enjoy contemporary subjects written with classical elements. In the wake of her poetry, Anja makes sure her poems become a friend for others. The content of some poems can be sensitive or triggering for some audiences.

Chapter I: Hectic Horizons, a Collection of Dark Poetry in the Time of Pandemic

My Dawn Is Only Five Hours Away

Shannon O’Connor 

Now I personally try not to read anything specifically about COVID because I like to escape reality when I read, but this author reached out and I accepted. This collection starts off with a powerful foreward, “As an aspiring author, there is nothing magnificent in this world than to be felt by people through veins of words hanging around this globe of misery and pain.”. They did preface the collection saying it was unedited for the effect but personally I do wish it had been edited a bit more as some poems could be confusing. My favorite poems were ‘sometimes i don’t try’ and ‘sequence’. Overall the collection was good but could have definitely used some trigger warnings in the beginning, as it has a very dark tone.

My Dawn Is Only Five Hours Away Chapter I: Hectic Horizons, a Collection of Dark Poetry in the Time of Pandemic

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