When I first started writing Simple Poems, I wasn't sure where they would go.

Honestly, I didn't really have a grand plan.

I just wanted to write little poems.

Silly poems. Whimsical poems. Poems about impossible things and ordinary things. Poems about children who see the world a little differently, cats who have opinions, puddles that need rescuing, clouds that deserve names, and all the wonderfully strange things that happen when you slow down long enough to notice them.

And then something unexpected happened.

You started reading them.

You started liking them.

You started sharing them.

You started leaving comments and telling me that a poem made you smile, reminded you of being a child, or simply gave you a few moments of happiness in the middle of your day.

And eventually, something else happened.

People started asking:

"Is there a book?"

That question changed everything.

Because Simple Poems stopped being just something I was writing.

It became something we were building together.

Every time you read a poem, shared one with a friend, tagged someone, left a kind word, or simply stopped scrolling for a moment and entered the little world - you helped give these poems a reason to exist.

And now there is a book.

Simple Poems: Whimsy, Wonder and Other Important Things is the first Simple Poems book, filled with poems and illustrations from the world that has grown out of all of this. It's a collection of whimsy, wonder, silliness, kindness, and those tiny moments that are so easy to overlook.

But the truth is, Simple Poems wouldn't exist without you.

Neither would Markus.

Neither would Neener & Zelda.

Neither would a whole other cast of characters.

So this isn't really a thank-you for being interested in buying a book.

It's a thank-you for being here.

For reading.

For sharing.

For encouraging me to keep going.

For reminding me that there are still plenty of people who enjoy getting a little lost in a silly poem now and then.

I don't know exactly where Simple Poems will go from here.

There are a lot more poems waiting to be written.

A lot more characters waiting to wander into our Simple Poems world.

And, I'm pretty sure, a lot more situations for Neener and Zelda to get themselves into.

But wherever it goes...

I'm glad you're coming along.

Because Simple Poems doesn't really belong to me anymore.

It exists because of you. ❤️

With much love,