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Instructions Before Visiting Earth: Poems for Souls Having a Human Experience

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In his debut poetry collection, viral Instagram poet James McCrae delivers a love letter to the complex, beautiful, and heartbreaking condition of being human.

Part prayer, part autobiography, part existential scream into the void, the poems in Instructions Before Visiting Earth remind us that life is a mystery to experience, not a problem to solve.

Standout features include:
  • The viral lead poem, “Instructions Before Visiting Earth”
  • 50+ new poems on death, romance, digital isolation, the wisd...