Influenced by the poetry of Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and Leonard Cohen, D. Michael Hardy explores the depths of the human heart and soul in this collection of raw, unflinching and evocative poetry, accompanied by haunting black and white photography. Pain and Longing tells a story of love, loss, and the heartache that inevitably follows. It is a moving portrait of romance and regret, depression and loneliness, the joys of solitude and the will to carry on.