"A message to the LOVE in every heart, May it inspire hope, faith, creativity, and courage."
Fall in love with Awaken LOVE
Awaken LOVE is a debut creative collaboration between poet Leseliey Rose and artist Stephanie Holloway. Featuring 15 poems paired with original abstract art, this intimate, first-edition collection explores love as a force for healing, connection, and justice.
Awaken LOVE is perfect for poetry lovers, art enthusiasts, social justice advocates, and anyone seeking inspiration, comfort, or a reminder of our shared humanity. It makes a meaningful gift for birthdays, or any moment when someone needs to be reminded of the love that lives within and around us all.
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stephanie & leseliey
About the Poet & the Artist
LESELIEY ROSE is a poet, social entrepreneur, and professional dreamer whose work centers love as a force for healing, connection, and justice. Her poetry explores the intersections of identity, belonging, and the radical act of choosing love in a world rife with division. Awaken LOVE is her debut poetry chapbook.
STEPHANIE HOLLOWAY is a visual artist whose abstract work explores color, emotion, and the ineffable qualities of human connection. Stephanie's collaboration with Leseliey on Awaken LOVE represents a deepening of their creative partnership as life partners and co-creators.
Together, Leseliey and Stephanie create work that celebrates love in all its forms—as tenderness, as courage, as justice, as healing, as liberation.
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Events & Appearances
Join us for an afternoon of poetry and art. We will be reading from our debut chapbook Awaken LOVE, artwork from the book will be on display and you will have the opportunity to purchase the book and other goodies following the reading.
We would love to see you there. RSVP HERE.
April 4, 2026, 3pm - 5pm
Black Stone Bookstore & Cultural Center
214 W. Michigan Avenue
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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