Our Numbered Days is a book of poetry. I fell in love with on of the poems that I saw him perform on the Button Poetry's facebook page and instantly asked my library to buy a copy. I found that the rest of his poetry is really good too.A lot of the poems in this book are about relationships. Many are about girlfriends, but others are talk about his grandmother or dealing with people around him--mostly the annoying people around him. But a lot of other poems talk about mental illnesses and things correlating with suicide. They are beautifully done.
He does swear, which I think will be the case for a lot of modern books of poetry. So you'll have to deal, if you care.
But below is a video of Neil Hilborn performing his poem "OCD" at a TedTalkx back in 2013 after his poem went viral and he started touring. He not only performs his poem, which poetry is best when heard/read aloud, but talks about his experience through going viral. It is at a TedTalk Conference centered on Change, so he also discusses how others who don't experience mental illnesses can help, which has been a big thing for me to help my friends.
Please, enjoy.
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