Love Songs for Friends is the third book of poetry by James Avery Fuchs. A two-month project, the poems in this collection are all about people significant to the author. Some are friends, some are family, and some have passed away, but all of them have changed his life in positive ways. From the brother by love but not by blood in "The Art of the Controlled Flame" to the musician who transformed his life in "Darkness Heralds Light," the poems included in this collection are heartfelt tales of hope and belonging in a world where both can be hard to find.