Love, War, & Existence

A quiet, scattered, and honest debut poetry collection about love, war, and existence, and how those three things have shaped her understanding of the world so far. Love, War, & Existence brings together poems written during Balla's adolescence, a snapshot of the years between being a teenager and becoming a young adult. The collection doesn't follow a strict narrative -some thoughts are sharp, others meander-but all speak to a search for meaning in the midst of chaos. The poems reflect on ...