Catching Narcissus: Reflective Poems & Echos of the Nymph, (Paperback)

Catching Narcissus is a collection of poems which form a smooth, yet unsettling, reflection of the critical loathing and lustfully egotistical self. Through the intermittent lens of mythology and too-real modern life lessons, it is a story shaped by the caveat: "this is going to hurt." From its old-flame trick-candle arsonist love story to the hydrocodone overdose, Haaland examines--and attempts to reconcile--recovery from crippling addiction and the endlessly resurrected, unwelcome love it both nurtures and asphyxiates.

"Catching Narcissus is a sympathetic story with an undertone that is both unsettling and genuine." --BIGnick, author, Kaleidoscope Nights

"Absolutely worth a read for anyone who has struggled with love, loss, abandonment, or narcissistic abuse. Haaland's words cut to the core of the human experience." --Liz Collin (Red Eye Ruby)

"Mechanically thoughtful and brutally honest." --Tim Nunes, senior editor at PlayStation Universe