Download or read book Poems Exploring the Issues of Domestic Violence written by Gi Dhanoa and published by Dvg Star Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems Exploring the Issues of Domestic ViolenceGi Dhanoa has been writing poetry since she was 11 years old, scribbling poems at the back of her maths books in high school. As a child Gi was a very creative young lady, through her words. English Literature was her favourite subject, as it gave her the freedom of interpretation of text and dialogue. This would then allow her to develop her own style. This love continued throughout Gi's adult life and proved essential during the need for an expressive outlet, whilst experiencing volatile relationships. She endured both violent and mental abuse for many years silently. Gi takes the readers through a journey of her own experiences and creatively places herself in others' stories bringing a dynamic view of what domestic violence and mental abuse means to both men and women. "Let my words give you courage and hope. There is so much to gain from speaking up and sharing what you have been subjected to, in order to support others who may need your wisdom to set themselves free" G.D.
Download or read book Poetry Flow It Re Poems to Help Through Domestic Violence written by Kris Denaé and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry Flow It Re: Poems to Help Through Domestic Violence By: Kris Denaé The tense and overwhelming emotions surrounding the topic of domestic violence are shared through simple and easy to understand language, the art of poetry. Through this calming technique, the poems within will provide a better understanding and insight into the lives of those who suffer from the horrors of domestic violence. Embedded into the poems are real-life situations garnered from poet Kris Denaé’s experiences from her family and relationships and tackles issues of not only domestic violence but sexual abuse, sexuality, racial inequality, and misogyny in religious circles. Through her poetry, Denaé seeks to end the stigma surrounding discussing these difficult topics and bring about better discussion to eradicate these issues.
Download or read book Questions for Ada written by Ijeoma Umebinyuo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poet uses the artistry of words to embody the pain, the passion, and the power of love rising from the depths of our souls.
Download or read book Domestic Violence written by Eavan Boland and published by Carcanet. This book was released on 2012-07-27 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eavan Boland's new collection turns to the domestic interiors in which the dramas of women's lives are played out: seductions and quarrels, anger and grief, the care of children. In her attentiveness to the humdrum realities of suburban life, Boland makes them luminous with the power of live myths. Looking back over her own life, back through the lives of the women who preceded her, Boland arrives at the deep structures of memory where, as she writes, legends are made new 'not by saying them, but by unsettling / one layer of meaning from another'. This is a collection from a poet at the height of her powers, writing with authority and grace.
Download or read book Night Sky with Exit Wounds written by Ocean Vuong and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Whiting Award One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016" One of Lit Hub's "10 must-read poetry collections for April" “Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition. His poems are by turns graceful and wonderstruck. His lines are both long and short, his pose narrative and lyric, his diction formal and insouciant. From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion.”—The New Yorker "Night Sky with Exit Wounds establishes Vuong as a fierce new talent to be reckoned with...This book is a masterpiece that captures, with elegance, the raw sorrows and joys of human existence."—Buzzfeed's "Most Exciting New Books of 2016" "This original, sprightly wordsmith of tumbling pulsing phrases pushes poetry to a new level...A stunning introduction to a young poet who writes with both assurance and vulnerability. Visceral, tender and lyrical, fleet and agile, these poems unflinchingly face the legacies of violence and cultural displacement but they also assume a position of wonder before the world.”—2016 Whiting Award citation "Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the kind of book that soon becomes worn with love. You will want to crease every page to come back to it, to underline every other line because each word resonates with power."—LitHub "Vuong’s powerful voice explores passion, violence, history, identity—all with a tremendous humanity."—Slate “In his impressive debut collection, Vuong, a 2014 Ruth Lilly fellow, writes beauty into—and culls from—individual, familial, and historical traumas. Vuong exists as both observer and observed throughout the book as he explores deeply personal themes such as poverty, depression, queer sexuality, domestic abuse, and the various forms of violence inflicted on his family during the Vietnam War. Poems float and strike in equal measure as the poet strives to transform pain into clarity. Managing this balance becomes the crux of the collection, as when he writes, ‘Your father is only your father/ until one of you forgets. Like how the spine/ won’t remember its wings/ no matter how many times our knees/ kiss the pavement.’”—Publishers Weekly "What a treasure [Ocean Vuong] is to us. What a perfume he's crushed and rendered of his heart and soul. What a gift this book is."—Li-Young Lee Torso of Air Suppose you do change your life. & the body is more than a portion of night—sealed with bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful & gone. So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve & carve until a coin of light appears & you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side— waiting. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean Vuong attended Brooklyn College. He is the author of two chapbooks as well as a full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellow and winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, Ocean Vuong lives in New York City, New York.
Download or read book SHOUT written by Laurie Halse Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson! Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and calls to action woven between deeply personal stories from her life that she's never written about before. Described as "powerful," "captivating," and "essential" in the nine starred reviews it's received, this must-read memoir is being hailed as one of 2019's best books for teens and adults. A denouncement of our society's failures and a love letter to all the people with the courage to say #MeToo and #TimesUp, whether aloud, online, or only in their own hearts, SHOUT speaks truth to power in a loud, clear voice-- and once you hear it, it is impossible to ignore.
Download or read book Not A Lot of Reasons to Sing but Enough written by Kyle Tran Myhre and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OF WHAT FUTURE ARE THESE THE WILD, EARLY DAYS? An exploration of the role that artists play in resisting authoritarianism with a sci-fi twist. In poetry, dialogue and visual art the book follows two wandering poets as they make their way from village to village, across a prison colony moon full of exiled rebels, robots, and storytellers. Part post-apocalyptic road journal, part alternate universe history of Hip Hop, and part “Letters to a Young Poet”-style toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders, it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility. NOT A LOT OF REASONS TO SING is a: -post-apocalyptic road journal -alternate universe history of Hip Hop -“Letters to a Young Poet” -toolkit for emerging poets and aspiring movement-builders it's also a one-of-a-kind practitioners' take on poetry, power, and possibility.
Download or read book Poetically Broken Domestic Violence Awareness Poetry written by Brittany Gunderson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic Violence Awareness Poetry from contributors world wide. Their voices are heard through their poetry. Before reading any further, please understand this book has a trigger warning. If you have been abused or are being abused, this book may cause bad feelings, flashbacks, and bad memories. The feelings and experiences depicted in these poems are raw and emotional. Profanity is used sometimes. Rape feelings are depicted. Examples of abuse are given. Reader Discretion is advised.
Download or read book Beautiful Strong Women written by Kimberly Hockaday and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful, Strong Women is a collection of short poems dealing with violence towards women, sharing the pain and healing of Domestic Violence victims and survivors as well as the fight for respect for women. A perfect read for supporters of the #Metoo movement.
Download or read book Lessons Learnt written by Linda Abraham and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever personally been touched in some way by domestic violence? Do you know of a friend or relative that has suffered domestic violence? What about your neighbour and what's going on behind their closed doors? You maybe shockingly surprised if you really knew. Domestic Violence is a community problem and doesn't discriminate between race, culture or socio economic backgrounds. Domestic Violence is everyone's problem and should never be accepted or tolerated. Putting these words together on paper was not easy for me. It took time to put my thoughts on paper and sometimes the emotions were still too raw so I closed my computer and waited for the strength to continue you may or may not feel the emotion behind the words you may or may not understand the sentiment behind the words but one thing's for sure after reading this book if you weren't aware of Domestic Violence before you certainly are now. To read the full story of the life and journey from the perspective of an abused wife and mother read "Domestic Diary" True Story of Emily Brown.
Download or read book Poetically Broken Too written by Brittany Gunderson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-12 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic Violence poetry and stories worldwide. Before reading, please understand this book has a trigger warning. If you have been abused or are being abused, this book may cause bad feelings, flashbacks, and bad memories. The feelings and experiences depicted in these poems are raw and emotional. Profanity is used sometimes. Rape feelings are depicted. Examples of abuse are given. Reader Discretion is advised.
Download or read book Poetry Is My Lyfe Revenge Is My Mission written by Rae-Shell W Jenkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great fiction novel that appeals to all women! Rae-Shell carefully depicts the idiosyncratic behavioral traits of adolescent gals and guys, and thoroughly explores the maturation of their physical, mental, and emotional beings. Skillfully woven through the setting of cultural signals, which capture and hold the attention! The novel is creatively combined with poetry, eliciting great passion and soul!" -Je'Caryous Johnson, Chairman & CEO of I'm Ready Productions, NAACP award winning producer, author, playwright Meet Ariyah Xavier who is in love with Zachary Lyfe. As the two practically grow up together in love, and in life, they experience the natural emotions of teenage love. As jealously begins to reveal itself, abuse makes its way into the relationship. Ariyah becomes Mrs. Ariyah Lyfe and all of a sudden, all promises that were made have been broken. Ariyah discovers betrayal, lies, money, and drugs. In her search for peace of mind, she embraces her poetic gift by visiting various poetry clubs, by the advice of her doctor. There she meets real life poets such as Rae, Se7en, Punkin from Pluto, Meen Joe Swanson, Honey, Deep Blue See, and Jala. When Ariyah has had enough, she begins to think with her mind, and not with her heart. Her blue print to leave Zachary is masterminded, and funded by Zachary himself. The twist comes when Zachary's "Lyfe" is revealed through poetry by an unsuspecting Poet.
Download or read book Strong Women written by Laura F. Hannah and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows someone that has been a victim of domestic violence. They hide behind lace curtains and bullet-riddled walls, wearing smiles bright enough to cover the tears they have shed. In her stunning debut book, Laura F. Hannah gives an eloquent poetic voice to the women that remain too often silent, illuminating the inner turmoil and silent battles as they fight to overcome the wounds of physical and emotional abuse. Whether you know it or not, these women are already a part of your life. These women may be your mother, sister, neighbor, or even yourself. Open the cover to find how it all begins, how these strong women move from the first foul clues that all is not well, through doubt, at last to realization of their peril, and how some escape to find freedom at last. If you are this woman, may you find your freedom, as well.
Download or read book Life of the Party written by Olivia Gatwood and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling debut collection of raw and explosive poems about growing up in a sexist, sensationalized world, from a thrilling new feminist voice. i’m a good girl, bad girl, dream girl, sad girl girl next door sunbathing in the driveway i wanna be them all at once, i wanna be all the girls I’ve ever loved —from “Girl” Lauded for the power of her writing and having attracted an online fan base of millions for her extraordinary spoken-word performances, Olivia Gatwood now weaves together her own coming-of-age with an investigation into our culture’s romanticization of violence against women. At times blistering and riotous, at times soulful and exuberant, Life of the Party explores the boundary between what is real and what is imagined in a life saturated with fear. Gatwood asks, How does a girl grow into a woman in a world racked by violence? Where is the line between perpetrator and victim? In precise, searing language, she illustrates how what happens to our bodies can make us who we are. Praise for Life of the Party “Delicately devastating, this book will make us all ‘feel less alone in the dark.’ ”—Miel Bredouw, writer and comedian, Punch Up the Jam “Gatwood writes about the women who were forgotten and the men who got off too easy with an effortlessness and empathy and anger that yanked every emotion on the spectrum out of me. Imagine, we get to live in the age of Olivia Gatwood. Goddamn.”—Jamie Loftus, writer and comedian, Boss Whom Is Girl and The Bechdel Cast “I’ve read every poem in Life of the Party. I’ve read each of them more than once. In some parts of the book the spine is already breaking because I’ve spent so much time poring over it and losing hours in this world Olivia Gatwood has partly created, but partly just invited the reader to enter on their own, caution signs be damned. This book is enlightening, inspiring, igniting, and f***ing scary. I loved every word on every page with a ferocity that frightened me.”—Madeline Brewer, actress, The Handmaid’s Tale, Orange Is the New Black, and Cam
Download or read book A Collection about Being an Abused Woman written by Kristy Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestic violence is ever-present in today's society and the questions are always the same, we want to know why? Why do women choose to stay and in these volatile situations? The hope is that within this collection of poetry we start to understand the unheard voice of abused women. A voice that has been silenced and not listened to, but now is the time to realize that these women have always been talking to us in their own silent fear. These poems are a voice to the battered woman and a glimpse into trying to poetically address and the reasons why. Black and Blue addresses how this woman sees the bruises on her body translated into poetry. Reasons Why shares one woman's abuse story from beginning to the end.
Download or read book The Undressing Poems written by Li-Young Lee and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated poet Li-Young Lee returns with a breathtaking new volume about the violence of desire and the peace of love. The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly prevalent around the world, as well as the horrors the poet grew up with as a child of refugees. Lee draws from disparate sources, including the Old Testament, the Dao De Jing, and the music of the Wu Tang Clan. While the ostensive subjects of these layered, impassioned poems are wide-ranging, their driving engine is a burning need to understand our collective human mission.
Download or read book Through the Eyes of Children Poems of Young Victims of Neglect Abuse and Violence written by Kimberly Hockaday and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the Eyes of Children: An anthology of heartbreaking poems expressing the thoughts and emotions of children who are victims of neglect, abuse, violence, or family breakups. A perfect read for fans of Dave Pelzer, CeeCee James, Cathy Glass, Sarah Burleton, and Angela Hart.
