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Dan O’Brien’s powerful companion to Our Cancers catalogs the recovery of a cancer survivor, whose wife has recently survived her own cancer, as he returns to his daily life while raising a young daughter. This prose-poem sequence is a true survivor’s notebook, usingand the tools of memoir to evoke how disaster can constellate our past, present, and future.

Embrace the transformative power of words as you immerse yourself in the world of Re/Awakening. This poetry collection will captivate your soul, ignite your spirit, and leave an everlasting impression on your heart. Join the ranks of enchanted listeners who have already embarked on this mystical odyssey—a path of healing, hope, and the reawakening of the human spirit.

In this book, you find a small collection of Thomas favorite poems. Thomas had a stroke in 02-02 resulting in numbness down the whole of the left side of his body and often falls as not able feel the ground beneath his feet. He is still not fully steady on his feet but still ventures out into the community. Thomas’s secret to staying hopeful is to never give in when your chips are down! After the stroke he became more interested in painting pictures of his local area, bringing his poetry alive.

This short publication is a collection of 30 poems from those who are, or have been, in prison. Celebrate the power of poetry, second chances, and inner peace.

Breaking the Rod of the Sadist: Gyinaye (The Survivor) is prose and poetic piece written to invoke a compelling note of pleasure, trials, tears, and joys of a successful end to a total “life’s journey’’....

Butterflow will take you into the author’s experiences of dealing with emotional trauma and complex PTSD spanning 33 years. The author acquired complex PTSD when she was a young child, and because she wasn’t diagnosed her struggles continued into adulthood. At the age of 36, she discovered she had complex PTSD and began the journey of understanding and healing. The poems in this book are expressive and candid. Through the twists and turns she shares personal details of her experiences, emotions, and lessons learnt along the way.