Download or read book Purple Sparks written by Stephanie Y Evans Ph D and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purple Sparks ~ A collection of poems by sexual assault survivors is a riveting collection of human voices that bring awareness, advocacy, and power to the issue of sexual assault.

Download or read book Metamorphosis written by Robyn Apffel and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metamorphosis: A Poetry Manual for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is designed to lead the reader to self-awareness and self-expression. The chapters are arranged chronologically, guiding the reader through early childhood, adolescence, courtship and marriage, body issues, and into recovery. Each chapter begins with remarks that provide personal context and ends with writing prompts that lead the reader to think about her own situation, to react emotionally, and to write poems in expressing her own story and emotions. As the reader becomes a writer, she will find the voice she needs to experience healing. Written over the three-year course of psychotherapy, Metamorphosis is a book of transformation. The frightened, distrustful child becomes a confident adult, capable of active participation in life and relationships. She can look at her history and claim it as her truth and cast aside the pretense and lies that she had formerly been forced to live. She can separate herself from her abuser and hold him accountable for his actions, freeing herself from the blame that had wrongfully been placed upon her. She can find the happiness and satisfaction she deserves. This book can be a valuable tool to use in conjunction with or following professional therapy. It can be used not only by survivors of childhood sexual abuse, but also by their partners in life, their friends and family, educators, law enforcement personnel, religious counselors, and even by abusers or potential abusers. Anyone who wishes to understand the effects of childhood sexual abuse can gain much insight by considering the pages of Metamorphosis: A Poetry Manual for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Download or read book Poetry Book for Survivors of Abuse written by Lori Jean Finnila and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lori Jean is the new act of Single Women Entrepreneurs who has written, composed, and even recorded her own songs! The most original is that she didn't want to have to do it all alone, but she did. Yet, this is sometimes what life leaves us to! Ask Lori Jean! As a Women Empowerment advocate for four years she knows. And it shows through her music in her new album and new music debuting this year titled 'The Voice of Women'. Two EP's are out now at iTunes, 'Chunk of Love' - A Girl's Crazy Night Out, and 'What Ever Happened to Little Lisa?' I lived in a tent with candles with my three year old to where I am now. I survived an impact from a gunshot wound to my head. I am a survivor of violence stemming from lifelong abuse. I am now a survivor bringing my book to you and other survivors. With every purchase of this book one survivor gets a copy. Isn't this a wonderful way to pass the love around! I ran from my abusers as an adult most of my life until I had to turn around and face it because there was nowhere to run anymore. This led me to the Pandora box of my life which I share with you in these poems. I hope these poems reach you.

Download or read book You Can Help written by Rebecca Street and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can Help offers concrete tools to family and friends who wish to participate in the healing process of someone who has been sexually victimized. In Part One, the author chronicles her own journey to recovery while providing pragmatic advice and essential data from numerous experts in the field. Each chapter is followed by "Five Practical Tips." Part Two is comprised of inspirational stories by 19 other survivors of both abuse and assault (8 men and 11 women) who share what was most helpful and hurtful in their own recoveries. Besides empowering family and friends, You Can Help is a valuable asset for arming survivors in their battle against shame and is an important educational resource for professionals who work with trauma. You Can Help enables readers to: (1) BREAK THE SILENCE (silence is the biggest obstacle to recovery) (2) LEARN about the complex consequences of sexual trauma, including PTSD (3) ASSIST SURVIVORS in regaining trust, confidence, and joy.

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 A Collection of Poetry Prose from Survivors of Abuse written by Barbara E. Kompik and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was in the middle of my own struggling and suffering that I found that a MySpace.com group could actually bring healing to others and me as I started my own group, "Healing from Abuse". Many came to listen as I shared my own story. Many came to share theirs. The group grew to over 2000 members in a few short years and we all became friends through our common pain. For many, it was the only place that they could share what had happened to them and vent their feelings and emotions. It became a refuge where we as a family of survivors of abuse could come together and support each other, encourage each other, and bring some sort of semblance of peace and contentment to our broken spirits and turmoil. In sharing information about abuse, people learned what they thought was normal was actually the aftereffects of unspeakable acts of violence and control. We learned together, and many were healed to the point that they didn't need the support of the group any longer to keep them from the depths of their depression. They could move on, lives more peaceful than when they arrived.

Download or read book A Voice That Has Spoken from Within written by Marie Waldrep and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Waldrep began writing from her heart at the early age of 11. Due to her personal experience with incest and childhood sexual assault, rape and sexual and domestic violence she found writing poems helped to ease the pain and facilitate her healing and recovery process. As such, she felt compelled to write this book of poems, A Voice that has Spoken from Within. Marie was awarded Editor's Choice Award in January 2004 for outstanding achievement in poetry by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Still I Cry. She has created a website called The Mighty Phoenix with information to help promote awareness and healing of all sexual abuse. Marie is dedicated in making a difference by helping others who have walked a similar path as she has.

Download or read book Poetry from the Heart written by David Reynard and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short book of poems I have written, to give myself and other survivors of abuse strength

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 Beyond Survivor Rising from the Ashes of Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Jan L Frayne and published by Author House. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia A. McKnight: Author "My Justice" In this amazing new book Beyond Survivor, the very talented author, Jan Frayne, takes his readers into the arena of childhood sexual abuse recovery, battles and conquests. As one of the rare published novels from a Male Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivor, Mr. Frayne allows his readers to feel the depth of shattered mind, body and soul. Beyond Survivor will take you into the hurricane of emotion and strength as this boy conquers the demons and nightmares of his past. Readers will ride the rollercoaster of success as they travel through the many nightmares. This expertly written novel shows the path of standing strong and achieving what all mankind desires; retrieving the happiness once destroyed by the wicked. This collection of outstanding poetry and prose is a must read for all as inspiration to prevail against the challenges put forth in the battle to obtain our own freedom.

Download or read book We Hope This Reaches You in Time written by r.h. Sin and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and expanded paperback edition of We Hope This Reaches You in Time by Samantha King Holmes and r.h. Sin with all-new bonus material from the authors. Ideas, poetry, and prose from bestselling authors Samantha King Holmes & r.h. Sin.

Download or read book A Place Called No Homeland written by Kai Cheng Thom and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful poetry collection seeks to map the emotional and spiritual territory of diaspora, violence, abuse, and exile. Kai Cheng incorporates autobiographical details from her own childhood and adult life with the rhythms of the oral storytelling tradition and fairytale motifs, poignantly depicting the plight of trans women of color.

Download or read book Purple Poetry Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1978, TurnAround has provided free support services to survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland. TurnAround's mission is to educate, advocate for, and empower all people impacted by intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking.Each year, TurnAround publishes the Purple Poetry Book, a collection of original poetry, artwork, and short stories inspired by the movement to end sexual and intimate partner violence. 2021 will be our 12th year running. Written for survivors and by survivors, the Purple Poetry Book is more than a book - it is a support system.Help support our services by purchasing your own copy of this year's Purple Poetry Book. 100% of the proceeds go towards funding TurnAround free survivor support services.

Download or read book Break the Cycle Volume III Recovery written by Kathy Gerstorff and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break The Cycle Volume III - Poems and Short Stories About the Recovery of Child Abuse. An anthology with proceeds benefiting organizations that help neglected and abused children.

Download or read book Dear Sister written by Lisa Factora-Borchers and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Sister, It wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault. At night when you lay there and your mind fills with images and you wonder if only, if you had . . . if you hadn't . . . . Remember: it wasn't your fault. Dear Sister highlights the lessons, memories, and vision of over forty artists, activists, mothers, writers, and students who share a common bond: they are survivors of sexual violence. Written in an epistolary format, this multi-generational, multi-ethnic collection of letters and essays is a moving journey into the hearts and minds of the survivors of rape, incest, and other forms of sexual violence, written directly to and for other survivors. Dear Sister goes far beyond traditional books about healing, which often use "experts" to explain the experience of survivors for the rest of the world. Where other books about rape weave the voices of feminists and activists together and imagine what a world without violence might look like, Dear Sister describes the reality of what the world looks like through the eyes of a survivor. From a professor in the Midwest to a poet in Belgium, an escapee from a child prostitution ring, a survivor advocate in the Congo, and a sex worker in San Francisco, Dear Sister touches on issues of feminism, love, disability, gender, justice, identity, and spirituality. Lisa Factora-Borchers is a Filipina writer and editor whose work has been published in make/shift, Bitch, Left Turn, and Critical Moment. Contributors: Aaminah Shakur, Adrienne Maree Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Allison McCarthy, Amita Y. Swadhin, Amy Ernst, Ana Heaton, Andrea Harris, Angel Propps, anna Saini, Anne Averyt, annu Saini, Ashley Burczak, brownfemipower, Brooke Benoit, Denise Santomauro, Desire Vincent, Dorla Harris, "Harriet J.", Indira Allegra, Isabella Gitana-Woolf, Joan Chen, Judith Stevenson, Juliet November, Kathleen Ahern, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Marianne Kirby, Maroula Blades, Mary Zelinka, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Melissa Dey Hasbrook, Melissa G., Mia Mingus, Michelle Ovalle, Premala Matthen, Rebecca Echeverria, Renee Martin, River Willow Fagan, Sara Durnan, Sarah M. Cash, Shala Bennett, Shanna Katz, Sofia Rose Smith, Sumayyah Talibah, Sydette Harry, Birdy, Viannah E. Duncan, and Zöe Flowers.

Download or read book Silent Screams written by Vincent J. Nauheimer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-04-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comments The following are unsolicited comments. Only a first name was used and may be a pseudonym for the victim who wrote the comment after reading my poems. This is typical behavior when dealing with survivors. I want you to carry the warm glow of knowing you done real good there with you all day. Now, get that book out there for all those other people who need it, already. Alexandra! May I say again, Vinnie, thank you--for your talents and support. I ́ve read several of the poems and I must say that I admire anyone who can put into print and art feelings regarding sexual abuse. Garnett I am grateful that you are able to put into words what I have been having difficulty expressing to the point of tears. I hope that, in sharing your words, it will release others ́ suffering. Thanks, Sue I was surfing and ran across your poetry and artwork. It is so undescribable. I want to say awesome and deep and well written, but that sounds so trivial because of the pain it shelters. I can really relate to the first poem, "Paradox of the Abused." Sheila Description The poems in "Silent Screams" have helped survivors on their road to healing. Some of these poems were written to help the author get over his own anger, frustration and pain. Others were written specifically to help survivors he has met on Internet Survivor Sites get over theirs. It was the moving survivor ́s responses to these poems that led to the publication of this book. There are two reasons for the existence of Silent Screams: 1. To help survivors and their families on their long arduous road to recovery. 2. To create a permanent record of the pain and suffering of those who have had the misfortune of being sexually abused. "Silent Screams", Poetry Born of Clergy Abuse is destined to become a permanent witness to the devastating effects of clergy abuse. It takes to task the evil of the priests who purported to dedicate their lives to God and the hypocrisy of the church that protected them. The poetry alternates between riveting satire and a uniquely honest portrayal of the pain and anguish suffered by survivors of clerical sexual abuse. These poems offer no excuses; they make no apologies and take no prisoners when dealing with the Catholic Church and the Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal. Silent Screams rips open the curtain of silence surrounding survivors thereby exposing their deep wounds and terrible suffering. The poetry exudes gut wrenching emotion as it deals with the anger generated by pain, the devastating impact of the survivor ́s suffering and its effects on victims and their families. There is compassion and tenderness for the victims and an ample dose of contempt for those who would cover-up the crimes committed by priests. Through his poetry, Nauheimer offers a unique insight into the emotional upheaval caused by clerical sexual abuse. He has put that pain into words for all to witness. One poem will shine a spotlight on a tortured soul while another will let you experience the heartbreaking lament of a parent over their child ́s suffering and the next will upbraid the church in focused satirical rhyme rarely seen. Powerful emotions are stirred whether the author is firing a canon loaded with satire against the church or allowing the reader to glimpse the incredible anguish experienced by the tortured soul called a survivor. Either way, this poetry will move you. This is must read for survivors of clergy abuse, their families, and friends. It should be mandatory for all clergy and it is certainly a worthwhile read for anyone with more than a passing interest in the effects of clerical sexual abuse.

Download or read book Bags of Pain written by Dharshana Navendren and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout my years of silently experiencing sexual abuse, I was incredibly drawn to the creative arts: poetry books, art and music pulled me through some of my darkest days on earth and I wanted to create something specific for survivors like I always wished for growing up. I intended for this book to be so undeniably beautiful (with artwork from my childhood until now) that anyone in society could pick it up to flick through, learn from and cherish a copy to refer to for the rest of their lives. My dream is for this book to become part of school curriculum taught so we can learn about trauma and recovery from a young age. Are you becoming aware of the traumas in your life holding you back? Does trauma recovery feel daunting? Would you like a beautifully designed and illustrated poetry book to guide you through the process to empowerment? ***BUY + CHERISH YOUR OWN COPY OF "BAGS OF PAIN" TODAY***A Lifetime Collection of Poetry + Artwork by a Thamizh Survivor of Sexual Abuse Designed to provide you: A beautiful journey through trauma recovery + empowerment A back-and-forth exploration of the 5 stages of grief The autobiographical life story of a survivor of sexual abuse A shoulder to lean on for all survivors of sexual abuse + trauma An education for society in order to support survivors more effectively An honest reflection of the struggles of the Thamizh diaspora With citations and references to expert research + publications Blurb: "Join me as I walk you through my life. I've carefully selected puzzle pieces from across the years + placed them in a particular order. But not chronologically. Instead, a poem from earlier in my life speaks to another poem written years later. Placed side by side. Like a conversation between 2 survivors at different stages of their healing journey lending each other a hand. I hope this book becomes a kind shoulder for survivors to lean on + society to learn from." - Dharshana Navendren Profile of Author/Poet/Artist by kind friend, Mayuri Thiraviyanathan: "Dharshana is intelligent, kind and passionate about her work. Having gone through various stages in life and the adversities that she faced, I am always in awe when I see her strength and courage. She stands strong in her passion to support survivors, which I believe is an incredible + important mission. @Thangam_We_Are_Gold: her work to provide a safe platform for survivors has been ground-breaking, as I had never come across a social media handle where a survivor unapologetically expresses through music and arts. She utilises her creativity to raise awareness and provide comfort to fellow survivors by sharing her journey. It is comforting to know that we have shared experiences and most importantly: we do not have to go through them alone! She takes pride in her Thamizh identity and has a willingness to give back in whatever way possible. She is a great friend, cheerleader, and ally. Amidst the pressures of needing to be the 'perfect' Thamizh woman defined by society, it is refreshing to meet people in life who bravely defy those expectations and choose to be their true authentic self. Dharshana, thank you for being a breath of fresh air and inspiring me in my journey." - Mayuri Thiraviyanathan