Boy Unarmored

Boy Unarmored is a poetry collection about growing up, breaking quietly, and learning-slowly-how to live without hiding.

Across fifteen poems and a deeply personal closing reflection, Nicky Bennett traces the long arc of becoming: childhood loss, the tightening pressure of expectations, the performance of strength, the sting of language, first love, confusion, resilience, identity, and the quiet courage it takes to remove the armor we built to survive.

These poems do not shout. They do not ru...