A Thread of Hope is more than a word salad. It reads like a zine exploring the boundaries of the mental illness system.
This chapbook of semi-autobiographical poetry, prose and artistry demonstrates the healing power of creativity and spirituality in the life of the psychiatrized.
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Heroic
An extraordinary evocation of multi-emotions in poetry, art and prose. Delightful "Butterfly Mountain" transforms them into characters by the use of their scientific or common name; "Psych Ward," heroic, confessional poetry reminiscent of Plath's "Bell Jar"; "Psych Survivor" so sad in its truth about cures often worse than the dis-ease; and a lyrical poem--"The Visit"--that can be strummed and sung. Denise Fletcher shows her courage by being open and true. I feel so honored to be able to read and review this collection.
When I wrote ths book in 2000, I was concerned about children having access to the Internet and to chat rooms where "you can be anyone you want." Here we are many years later and the situation with children talking freely to stangers on the Internet
Boom! Pain! Blackness!
After an RPG attack on their barracks in Afghanistan, corpsmen, Amber Fox, Luke Owens , Wade Scott and Ross Miller wake up in an Army hospital in Germany.
Thus, begins a months long recovery for all of them. A
