Some things are not meant to be whole again. Some things are beautiful precisely because they are broken. In Put It All Back Together, Samuel Ludke navigates the jagged edges of the human experience. Through a series of raw, visceral, and unflinching verses, Ludke explores the fragility of memory, the chaos of modern life, and the search for meaning in the aftermath of loss.Like a shattered mirror reflecting a fractured self, these poems refuse to offer easy answers or clean resolutions. Instead, they invite the reader to look closely at the pieces—the sharp, the distorted, and the hidden—and find a new way to see the world.

Some things are not meant to be whole again. Some things are beautiful precisely because they are broken. In Put It All Back Together, Samuel Ludke navigates the jagged edges of the human experience. Through a series of raw, visceral, and unflinching verses, Ludke explores the fragility of memory, the chaos of modern life, and the search for meaning in the aftermath of loss.Like a shattered mirror reflecting a fractured self, these poems refuse to offer easy answers or clean resolutions. Instead, they invite the reader to look closely at the pieces—the sharp, the distorted, and the hidden—and find a new way to see the world.

Some things are not meant to be whole again. Some things are beautiful precisely because they are broken. In Put It All Back Together, Samuel Ludke navigates the jagged edges of the human experience. Through a series of raw, visceral, and unflinching verses, Ludke explores the fragility of memory, the chaos of modern life, and the search for meaning in the aftermath of loss.Like a shattered mirror reflecting a fractured self, these poems refuse to offer easy answers or clean resolutions. Instead, they invite the reader to look closely at the pieces—the sharp, the distorted, and the hidden—and find a new way to see the world.