Seventeen Songs and These Given Sonnets is a collection of poems by Luis A. Estable that explores the many sides of human experience-love and intimacy, faith and doubt, joy and sorrow, the pull of nature, the weight of suffering, and the search for meaning in a world both tender and harsh.

Some pieces are gentle, capturing spring mornings, children's laughter, and quiet beauty. Others are raw and unflinching, confronting illness, desire, injustice, and the hard truths of mortality.

Direct, honest, and deeply personal, these poems invite readers to reflect on the light and shadow within their own lives.