Reasons for Rhyme is a collection born from a lifetime of writing — a voice shaped in childhood, sharpened through experience, and carried forward with the kind of instinct that doesn’t ask permission. These poems aren’t abstract riddles or distant metaphors; they’re lived moments, emotional puzzles, and rhythmic reflections pieced together with the alliteration, assonance, and musical grit that define Anthony’s style. Across more than a hundred poems, this collection moves through the quiet corners of existence — the weight of time, the ache of loneliness, the chaos of love, the sting of political injustice, the strange humour of everyday life. Each piece feels like a conversation with the world: sometimes gentle, sometimes furious, sometimes searching, sometimes laughing at the absurdity of it all. These are poems for people who think too much, feel too deeply, and try — every day — to make sense of a world that doesn’t always make sense back. Poems for anyone who has stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. Poems for anyone who has loved too hard, waited too long, or hoped too fiercely. Poems for anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowded room. Whether exploring the cruelty of time, the burn of unspoken love, the plight of displaced lives, or the humour found in road rage and everyday frustration, Reasons for Rhyme offers a voice that is raw, rhythmic, and unmistakably human. This is poetry built like a puzzle — crafted with care, shaped with rhythm, and written with the kind of honesty that stays with you long after the page is turned.
