<p>From Akif Kichloo,&nbsp; author of <em>The Feeling May Remain,&nbsp;</em>comes this deeply personal and poetic account of a troubled life. A nowhere man, with or without god, a quintessential mental nomad,&nbsp;omnipresent in his mistakes, exploring mental illness, identity, family, sexuality, god, love, childhood, and purpose of life, <em>Poems That Lose</em> brings forth questions all of us wrestle with but either avoid asking ourselves or miserably fail answering almost every time. Kichloo navigates brilliantly from the deeply personal to the universal to the extinct, paving the way for a rare new voice in contemporary poetry, a poet who is more than wanted; he is desperately needed. These poems will slip off your tongue, creep under your skin, and live there.</p>