Raw Emotions from a Teenage Girl

Raw Emotions from a Teenage Girl is a deeply personal collection of poetry written during Jackie Byrd's teenage years and preserved for decades before finally being brought into the light.

Across three chapters, these poems explore the pressure of school and family expectations, mental health struggles, loneliness, trauma, young love, and the complicated process of growing into yourself. Raw, vulnerable, and sometimes painful, the collection captures adolescence as it was actually lived: messy, intense, confusing, hopeful, and deeply felt.

Long before Jackie became a published children's author, poetry gave her a place to put the thoughts she struggled to say aloud. Now, those words have become a record of survival, growth, and the voice of a teenage girl learning that what she had to say was worth hearing.

Reader Advisory: This collection contains mature themes, strong language, references to self-harm and suicide, trauma, violence, and sexual content. Recommended for older teen and adult readers.

Author: Jackie Byrd
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Jackie Byrd
Published: 10/13/2026
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d
ISBN: 9798240852978