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Peskens, Bert

 
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Synopsis

The Weight of What Remains is a powerful and deeply human poetry collection tracing one man’s journey through war, memory, exile, and renewal.

From the dust of distant battlefields to the hush of the sea at dusk, these poems move across continents and decades — from youth and military service to love, loss, healing, and the quiet strength of endurance.

Written with clarity and emotional honesty, this collection explores:

• War and its lasting echoes
• Veteran experience and unseen battles
• PTSD, survival, and brotherhood
• Migration, identity, and belonging
• Nature, sea, and the wisdom of the earth
• Grief, memory, and lifelong love

These poems do not glorify conflict. They bear witness to it — and to what survives after.

Through images of deserts, oceans, stone walls, factories, fields, and moonlit waters, the voice that emerges is reflective, grounded, and unafraid to hold both sorrow and beauty in the same breath.

For readers of contemporary poetry, war poetry, memoir in verse, and deeply reflective writing, The Weight of What Remains offers a journey from fracture to resilience — from silence to peace.

This is a book about what endures.

And what remains.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bert Peskens is a poet whose work reflects on war, memory, displacement, and the enduring search for peace. Born in South Africa and later settling in Ireland, his writing draws on personal experience, landscapes, and the emotional weight carried long after conflict ends. The Weight of What Remains is a deeply reflective collection exploring loss, resilience, and renewal.

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