Self Portraits in art may appear to be a luxury in an age when a perfectly adequate selfie can be taken in seconds.

Self Portraits used to be an essential tool of self-expression for artists. They reflected their deeply personal facets, features of their 'self' which the artists identified the most with!

Likewise, in the age of short attention spans, video subtitles and "tweets", autobiographical poetry can appear to be a luxury. It is not so for those that love poetry, or whose quest it is to understand the innermost workings of the human psyche - the great conjugation of mind and soul!

Self Portrait is a collection of poetry by fifty nine poets from around the globe. These poets have laid bare the darkness, the beauty, the love, the sheer divinity in each and every human soul, regardless of their actions or circumstances.

FEATURED POETS:
Abdulbasit Oluwanishola,...