In Rotten but Not Forgotten, Samuel Ludke delves into the beauty and decay of memory, love, and life's impermanence. Through raw, unflinching verse, this collection explores the bittersweet terrain of relationships—both the ones that linger and the ones that leave scars. With imagery that is haunting yet tender, Ludke examines the idea that even the broken, the bruised, and the forgotten carry weight and meaning.

These poems weave through shadows and light, exploring themes of grief, desire, time, and redemption. They sit at the intersection of despair and hope, the sweet ache of remembering what could have been and what was lost along the way. Each word unearths layers of experience—where beauty exists in the fractured, the neglected, the "rotten," yet still yearns to be held, to be known, to remain alive.

Rotten but Not Forgotten is an elegy for love's enduring pull, for time's cruel twists, and for the fragile, fleeting moments that stay with us long after they're gone. Samuel Ludke's voice is both familiar and ephemeral, a reminder that memory is never truly clean—it is textured, stained, and entirely human.

This is a collection for those who've wandered through their own shadows, for those who've tasted the bittersweetness of nostalgia, and for those who believe that beauty can emerge from decay.

Prepare to linger, to ache, and to remember.