Strength Through Poetry: More poems for resilience and self-esteem

A warm and moving collection of 60 poems about mental and emotional health that encourage us to stay strong in the face of life's many challenges. Samantha Crilly's first collection of poems – Hope through Poetry – was inspired by her personal experience of mental illness and recovery, and by what she had learned from friends and family. Five years after it was first enthusiastically receives, she returns with a new collection that draws on her ongoing recovery together with her work as an actor and script writer raising awareness of mental health struggles. Giving honest and relatable insights into what it means to have a mental illness and what causes and triggers may lie behind it, these insightful poems are here as comforting companions and to promote understanding and acceptance.

© 2026 Hammersmith Health Books (Ebook): 9781781612873

Release date

Ebook: 15 January 2026