Side Effects: The Untold Story explodes with life-affirming, uplift- ing, confrontational poetry that valiantly tells the autobio- graphical story of the author’s battle with the aftermath of metastatic breast cancer, six months of aggressive chemo- therapy and eight weeks of radiation treatments, which left her with several side effects. In her poetic memoir she reveals the innovative methods she employs daily to battle the debili- tating side effects of those treatments.
Side Effects: The Untold Story will move you to tears, laughter, and self-empowerment as the author’s bold, optimistic, no- nonsense style poetic memoir ignites your desire to face your demons despite your fears, heal mind, body and spirit, and live your best life now with gratitude and a kick- ass attitude toward any adversity that would dare to enter your domain.
Excerpt
The only constant in my life is the frigging pain
It’s throbbing...pulsating; yes, it’s hurting again
It’s nagging me—morning, noon, and night
Pain is always looking for a fight
But tonight, I won’t let it keep me awake
My two pills should knock pain out
So that’s what I’ll take
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
“The woman or man who is a poet, or fiction writer, or playwright, or all of these, is engaged constantly in a jazz ballet of vocabularies, passions, genders, histories, perspectives, death, love, and life. The music of revelation announces itself to
