Poetry and Prose

First podcast episode has dropped! Check it out HERE!  It features a reading of Covenant the first poem in my poetry collection that was released in February! Grab your copy of Lamentations on Living HERE! Copyright(c) 2026 Rayven Holmes

I'm a quarter of the way through with my first round of edits. Slow and steady. Slow and steady. Slow and steady... Planning to set up the Kickstarter later this weekend. I've been fleshing out the timeline while making edits. I'm excited and absolutely fucking terrified. Here's to doing the damn thing scared! You can find my current poetry book and information on my upcoming novel HERE! Rya ! Copyright(c) 2026 Rayven Holmes

This year, I promised myself I would publish one book, a book of poetry to be exact. It's comprised of poems spanning the last decade and some change of my life. I wanted a small win to keep me chugging along on the novel whose first draft is like 98 - 99% done.   After fighting with formatting, and wondering if I've lost my mind more times than I can count, I clicked order on the proof. It won't land in my hands first. The blessing and curse of traveling is that I have to pa