"As The Earth Lies Still" is a collection of free verse poetry that covers topics such as love, trauma, depression, mental health, and the everyday human struggle and experience. The book is divided into four parts, each coinciding with one of the four seasons - summer, fall, winter, and spring. As the author moves through each season, their mental health changes and shifts, the progression of poems creating a diary of sorts. A hot, manic summer turns to grey, dreary fall and then depressed winter - what will spring bring? "As The Earth Lies Still" is J. M. Oak's debut poetry anthology.