2016

2016

A Poetry Collection by CS Parker

The year everything shifted-quietly, loudly, all at once.

In 2016, CS Parker turns their pen toward a world on the brink. This collection captures a year defined by upheaval, division, and unexpected turns-where pop culture clashed with politics, grief collided with celebration, and beneath it all, something was beginning to fracture.

From the shockwaves of a U.S. election that redrew the political landscape, to the losses of cultural giants like Prince, David Bowie, and Muhammad Ali, 2016 is a poetic elegy for a year of transformation. These verses trace the collective mood swings-from Brexit to Standing Rock, from viral movements to viral misinformation-with a voice that is both observant and achingly human.

But Parker also finds space for the personal: the way relationships shifted in the chaos, the comfort of late-night conversations, and the feeling of watching history happen through a screen you can't turn off.

Lyrical, unfiltered, and quietly prophetic, 2016 is both a mirror and a memory-one that asks, What did we miss while we were watching it all unfold?