Caffeine is an intimate and evocative collection of poetry encompassed by the thoughts that keep us awake at night.

Award-winning author Steven Bruce returns to deliver haunting poems that explore the universal themes of love, time, grief, and mortality.

Winner of the 2023 Firebird Book Award
Winner of the 2023 Book Authority Best New Books Award
Semi-finalist for the 2022 Indies Today Book Award

#1 Amazon New Releases in British Poetry
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Poems that drift like pungent steam from a late night cup of coffee in an Edward Hopper painting.
— Dr Bob Beagrie, Poet and Lecturer
★★★★★

Bruce writes with a brutal honesty few poets nowadays dare to confront. He is writing for every one of us who has been hung out to dry by the cruelties and complexities of our individual lives.
— Martin Hayes, Poet and Author
★★★★★

The author understands the human soul and condition better than anyone I've ever read.
— Caroline Jaquish, Amazon
★★★★★