Milk and venom
Dark. Lyrical. Haunting. For anyone who’s ever loved like a wound and healed like a wildfire.
Milk and Venom is a raw and confessional poetry book that explores the anatomy of longing from the first ache of desire to the bitter aftertaste of goodbye. Told in five evocative sections, The Ache, The Bite, The Hunger, The Ruin, and What Still Lingers, this collection burns slow, hits hard, and leaves a mark.
Perfect for readers of modern poetry who crave emotionally intense writing, Milk and Venom blends sensuality and heartbreak in verses that speak directly to the soul. Ira James writes about love, lust, loss, trauma, survival, and the shadowed beauty of being undone and rebuilt.