Garrison Keillor Read Several Of My Poems

There's A Part Of Every Living Thing That Wants To Become Itself: The Tadpole Into The Frog, The Chrysalis Into The Butterfly, A Damaged Human Being Into A Whole One.that Is Spirituality.

So Often Survivors Have Had Their Experiences Denied, Trivialized, Or Distorted. Writing Is An Important Avenue For Healing Because It Gives You The Opportunity To Define Your Own Reality. You Can Say: This Did Happen To Me. It Was That Bad. It Was The Fault & Responsibility Of The Adult. I Was—and Am—innocent.” The Courage To Heal By Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Allow Yourself To Release The Emotions You Have Struggled All Your Life To Contain.

Poetry Is The Most Intimate Of All Writing. I Want To Speak First From Me To Myself And Then From Me To You.

I Wanted To Be A Writer Since I Was In High School, But I Never Thought It Was Possible.