Veins of Velvet and Thorns

Description

Veins of Velvet and Thorns is a debut poetry collection by Aayu — 38 poems across six emotional chapters, tracing the full arc of being human: from longing and love, through heartbreak and memory, into healing, identity, and quiet strength.
This is not poetry that performs. It is poetry that remembers — the voice notes you still replay, the rain that felt like loss, the mirror you finally stopped avoiding, the morning you chose yourself for the first time.
Written in a voice that is both intimate and universal, each poem carries a closing reflection (✦) that lingers long after the page turns.
Six chapters. One journey:
Beginnings, Love & Longing
Heartache, Change & Memory
Depth, Emotion & Recovery
Soul, Questions & Self
Growth, Healing & Hope
Strength in Short Verses
For anyone who has ever loved deeply, healed slowly, and bloomed anyway.

About the Author

Aayushi Yadav is a young Indian author, poet, and multilingual storyteller writing under the pen name Aayu and the brand inkbyaayu. Currently pursuing her Bachelor of Physiotherapy, she has always believed that healing happens in two places — in the clinic, and on the page.
She writes in English, Hindi, and Urdu, exploring themes of love, loss, identity, and quiet resilience. Her fiction series The Secret Between Us gained a dedicated readership on Wattpad, and her poetry has consistently resonated with readers who feel deeply but speak little.
Veins of Velvet and Thorns is her debut published poetry collection — 38 poems written from lived experience, offered to anyone who has ever needed words for what they couldn't say.

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