Decay & Rise is a delicately curated poetry book that dives deep into the tortures and wonders of becoming. Written by singer/songwriter and Indie film winner Courtney Nord. The musician has a refined way of bringing up pain, lose, trauma, and transmuting it into a beautiful landscape of inspiring language. Decay & Rise contains short stories, memoirs, and poems dating back to 2009 when the young poet was 14 years old. Raw and in no order, these book entries are directly from Nord's journals, poetry collections, and unfiltered memory. Courtney Nord is a musician, mother of one, voice actor, and a poet.