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Supernova
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Supernova is Ris V. Rose's first poetry collection, and was written between the ages of 16 and 18 about how a special kind of love can spread like sunlight into all the craters in our lives, just to lead to the destructive kind of heartbreak that...
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A Poetry Gift
A Thought, a Poem, a Highway
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A branch of life, I walk along The limb of this tree, crooked and long A Poetry Gift is a collection of poems about life, nature, and the human condition. It’s intended to make people smile, and bring a little bit of inspiration and happiness to...
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SURVIVE.
I woke before I broke
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The cyclical journey between dark and light is one that survivors know well. SURVIVE examines this journey, the fight for one’s life with a focus on internal healing, unlearning damaging patterns, practising self-compassion, and transcending...
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Naked Under My Coat
Writing Under the Influence of Parkinson's
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“Parkinson’s is all about the disconnect within the central nervous system. But when I hit that nerve with a word or a phrase that connection is restored. I consider my Parkinson’s a gift.” - Naked Under My Coat – Writing Under the Influence of...
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welcome to my world
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Welcome to my world. Welcome to my thoughts. Welcome to my visions. So begins Welcome to my world, poems that navigate the author’s search for “the stars, the moon, the ultimate tune,” alongside his road to healing from satanic abuse and drug...
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Flowing Over the Land and Water
A Settler's Reflections on the Decolonization of Self and Systems
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We are living in a time characterized by violence in many forms, stemming from systems built upon mental models that need to be challenged. Flowing Over the Land and Water—a collection of poetic reflections—marks a threshold for anyone on a...
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Rhyme and Reason
An Interactive Approach to Mental Health Education
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Rhyme & Reason conveys the internal pain and struggle of those dealing with mental illness, homelessness, addiction, and dementia. Through non-fiction, narrative verse, the content personifies the actual symptom profiles of some of the most...
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Love is Not Pie
Variations on a Monogamish Theme
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Caught between a loving husband and a man from her past, one woman chooses an unconventional way to explore her personal “road not taken.” Love is Not Pie is a personal exploration navigating the world of consensual non-monogamy and polyamory....
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From Pieces to Peace
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Life has a way of breaking us apart when we least expect it. The end of a twenty-seven-year marriage is just the sort of tool it uses to shatter us. In these moments, we need to centre ourselves and find new perspectives that help us gather up...
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Wild Flowers
Longing for Belonging
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Some gifts are obvious, coming wrapped in glittering paper with colourful bows, but others can be easily overlooked when our hearts and minds are preoccupied by the busyness of life. Friendship, acceptance, love, faith…. All the things that make...
