{"product_id":"pardksw","title":"Pardon My Broken Heart, by Karen Southall Watts","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eTo be human is to have your heart broken. Sometimes repeatedly. \u003cem\u003ePardon My Broken Heart\u003c\/em\u003e looks at what it means to have a broken heart and keep going. This collection of poems and short prose reflects the heartbreak of illness and mortality, loss and loneliness, and carrying on in a broken world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePardon My Broken Heart\u003c\/em\u003e the poet shares intimate and pivotal events that led to sorrow and ultimately to the creative process. The vignettes and poems are personal, but the emotional truths are universal. Readers are invited to come close and share vulnerable moments of connection and ultimately hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eKaren Southall Watts teaches, consults, and writes in North Carolina. Her works have been featured in multiple online publications including Spillwords Press, FreeFlashFiction.com, and Fairfield Scribes, as well as print collections such as the \u003cem\u003eNorth Carolina Bards Poetry Anthology 2023\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e2024\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEastern Sea Bards 2024\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLetters I’ll Never Send\u003c\/em\u003e. Karen is a three-time Pushcart nominee for poetry. Her poetry chapbook, \u003cem\u003eDesire, Dreams and Dust\u003c\/em\u003e was released in April of 2023. Karen was the 2nd place winner in the \u003cem\u003eO’Henry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e essay contest in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karen Southall Watts","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":50096766845243,"sku":"PARDKSW","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":50096766878011,"sku":"PARDKSWe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0062\/4420\/4614\/files\/pardonfront.png?v=1741799819","url":"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/products\/pardksw","provider":"Bottlecap Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}