If you like banging your head against the wall, shifting your definitions of love and art, setting your yearning to music, or going a little bonkers, then Halberd Books is for you. Compiled over the course of five years, Halberd Books vol. 1 features some of the most instantly recognizable poetic works of David M. Briggs. From the difficulties of voicing one’s feelings to the pernicious beauty of an autumn day, Briggs assembles a mixtape of musical and literary influences and finds a spot to fit.