Books
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(Rockwood Press, April 2026)
“Heavy: Poems that Count is a rare collection that refuses emotional distance. Megan Hollingsworth transforms statistics, extinction reports, environmental collapse, and human suffering into deeply personal meditations on grief, responsibility, and love. Hollingsworth’s voice is compassionate without sentimentality and urgent without losing lyrical control. One of the collection’s greatest strengths is its ability to make abstract suffering tangible. Numbers including declining tiger populations, poisoned ecosystems, dead children, vanishing species, become embodied realities. The artwork by Bryan Holland and Grace Vejvoda is integral to the collection’s emotional architecture. The contrast between the softness of the drawings and the emotional heft of the subject matter mirrors the central tension of the book itself: how tenderness persists under moral and ecological weight. These poems challenge readers not simply to observe suffering but to remain emotionally present to it.” Mary-Jane Holmes ∣ prize winning poet and author of Heliotrope with Matches and Magnifying Glass
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(limited-edition hardcover, self-published, 2023)
“For older kids ready to engage with the tough climate issues alongside Toughie the frog, Frog Song offers robust information, resources, engagement options, and a reflective hint at new ways of seeing our complex predicament.” Leslie Davenport ∣ CIIS Climate Psychology Certificate lead and author of All Things Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change and What To Do When Climate Change Scares You
“There are many ways to get involved and connect with groups doing conservation work, but a child learning these facts can easily feel overwhelmed or hopeless. Megan Hollingsworth’s Frog Song offers one accessible entry point into the important work of researching these species and finding solutions to our current global ecological health crisis.” Gail Whiffen ∣ associate editor, Friends Journal ∣ read full review
“Hollingsworth’s inspired words and Gordon-Lucas’s stunning illustrations turn us towards painful truths with insight, inviting us to hold the both-and reality of our heartbreak and hope.” Erin Holtz Braekman ∣ poetry editor, Deep Times Journal ∣ read full review
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