C.J. Dexter returns with his sixth poetry collection. In the Broken & Beautiful Things, Dexter dives into the mystical aspect of life's carnage and undeniable beauty to find who we are in the balance of it all. Through exemplary prose, he expresses the very ascension that one must find even in the wreckage of life, ultimately searching for the divinity waiting at life's doors

i light a candle for us
we. the special kind.
who know how to fill
our jar of salted tears
with overflowing joy.

i light a candle
for the many of us
who go on living
with love still leading the way.

- C.J. Dexter