Stars over Antioch: Birthmarks and Buttoned Lips

A Book of Poetry by April May Burnside

Stars over Antioch is a quiet, luminous journey through memory, faith, family, and the places that shape us. These poems move like evening light through the trees, tracing the weight of inherited stories and the small moments that still manage to shine.

Rooted in Southern landscapes and emotional honesty, this collection explores grief, resilience, silence, and the ways love continues long after words fall away. Each page invites reflection, offering gentle space for readers who have carried burdens of their own and are still learning how to set them down.

This is a book for anyone who has ever looked up at a night sky and felt both the ache of loss and the comfort of belonging. Thoughtful, lyrical, and deeply human, Stars over Antioch reminds us that even the quietest lives hold constellations of meaning.