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Black Parade On 5th Street
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 16 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into a world where the ordinary streets of the city transform into theaters of memory, loss, and defiance. In Black Parade on 5th Street, Samuel Ludke weaves long, lyrical poems that march through grief, longing, and the spectral echoes of those who have passed. From the pulse of neon-lit nights to the silence between footsteps, Ludke's verse captures the tension between life and memory, fear and courage, love and its shadowed remnants.
This is a poetry collection for those who wander between worlds-the living and the gone, the mundane and the mythic-where every poem is a drumbeat, every line a step forward, and every image a summons to witness the beauty and darkness of human existence. Black Parade on 5th Street is a journey, a ritual, and a lament, inviting readers to follow its procession and confront the truths hidden in plain sight.
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