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Moving on isn’t forgetting, it’s accepting. It’s taking the past with you in a new form; in lessons, knowledge, fondness, growth, comfort. Knowing that, because of how far you’ve already come, there is hope for the future too. Knowing that, if you can make it through that, there is nothing you can’t make it through. There’s a fine line between love and heartbreak; between mental health and heartbreak; between breaking up and breaking down. Following on from her first two poetry collections about her experiences of trauma and mental health difficulties, Jemima brings you the third in the trilogy. The (Unrequited) Love Collection tells of the love and heartbreak that came and went throughout those years of mental health battles and revelations, compounding the pain and elation. This side story to Unorthodox and Into The Ordinary explores the process of finding love after sexual trauma, acknowledging the profound impact subsequent relationships can have on mental wellbeing and healing. To those who came and went… if you think a poem is about you, it is.

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Jemima Hughes is a mental health and sexual violence awareness advocate and activist, and multi slam winning performance poet. Jemima’s debut poetry collection Unorthodox, published with Verve Poetry Press in 2020, challenges perceptions of living with sexual trauma and mental health difficulties. Her second collection Into The Ordinary, published in 2023, aims to change perspectives on how we can make the world a more accepting, understanding and comfortable place for those living with these experiences. Jemima takes you on a journey through her own experiences, providing a relatable outlet and encouraging conversation. Unorthodox was what happened. Into The Ordinary explores what we can do about it. The (Unrequited) Love Collection is Jemima’s third book with Verve Poetry Press and it tells the stories of love and heartbreak which came and went throughout her years of mental breakdown and building; drawing links between mental health and relationships.

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