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curiouscorvidpublishing · 2 years

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Our newest house addition is @annemariwellswriter and we are so excited to have her join us! Anne Marie Wells (she | they) is an award-winning queer poet, playwright, and storyteller navigating the world with a chronic illness. She is a faculty member of the Community Literature Initiative, Strategic Partnership Fellow for The Poetry Lab, and Nonprofit manager for The Adroit Journal. She has received support from Capital Storytelling, the Wyoming Arts Council, and Brooklyn Poets. She was the 2021 Crow House Press Poetry Contest winner and earned the 2021 Peter K Hixson award in poetry. She was a finalist for the 2022 Emma Howell Rising Poet Award and winner of the inaugural Wanderlust Travel Book contest. She was a 2021 Wyoming Woman of Influence nominee in the arts category for amplifying the voices of the LGBTQ and disabled communities through her writing. Her poetry and prose has appeared in Ninth Letter, Platform Review, The Round Magazine, Brain Mill Press, and others. She writes to add to our shared sense of humanity, hopefully creating a more empathetic, more peaceful, and more loving world. We can't wait to introduce you to Anne Marie's incredible poetry collection in 2023! . . . #poet #poetrybook #poetry #poetryforthesoul #comfortpoetry #griefpoetry #lifestory #journey #healingpoetry #poetscorner #bymepoetry #poetryforher #poetryforhim #queerpoet #indiepoet #indiewriter #indiebook #bookdeal #bookrelease #bookish https://www.instagram.com/p/ChzWmZ4OBIr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ceekbee · 2 months

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THEIR LIGHT WILL FIND YOU

We are all full of light.

Light that no-one can actually see,

but we feel it.

We go through life radiating this light,

and shining it on those we love.

And when someone we love leaves, it’s true,

our world really does fall dark.

Because that light source we couldn’t see,

but we felt,

has gone.

And it takes a while,

it takes time for them to settle somewhere else.

But I promise you, that light, it shines on us again.

From somewhere very different.

And we can’t see it but oh, we feel it.

Hold on through that dark period my love,

their light will find you.

And when it does,

it will never go dark again.

Donna Ashworth

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page 219, ‘Wild Hope’

UK: https://amzn.eu/d/2j0Nquu

US: https://a.co/d/h6FEaTv

Art by the fabulously gifted Wild Earth Studio and inspired by this poem!

#poetry #art #griefpoetry

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mypoeticsoul-ny · 1 year

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YOU’RE THE GHOST

There’s a part of the grieving process,

where your soul kind of leaves your body too.

As though it’s off searching for the one you lost,

somewhere in the ether.

You walk around,

doing all the right things,

putting one foot in front of the other,

living,

but it’s really as though you’re the ghost.

Perhaps you are.

Perhaps your soul searches,

until you find the one you miss,

and they tell you to go back and live.

So, when that numbness passes brave one,

maybe it’s time to do what you are told,

go back and live,

twice as hard.

You don’t belong there in the ether,

nor do you need to search for the one you lost,

they find you.

And when they do, you’ll feel it.

By Donna Ashworth

From ‘I Wish I knew’

#griefpoetry #griefquotes #griefsupport #griefpoem #donnaashworth #grieving #withoutyou

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pained-princessluna · 1 year

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YOU’RE THE GHOST

There’s a part of the grieving process,

where your soul kind of leaves your body too.

As though it’s off searching for the one you lost,

somewhere in the ether.

You walk around,

doing all the right things,

putting one foot in front of the other,

living,

but it’s really as though you’re the ghost.

Perhaps you are.

Perhaps your soul searches,

until you find the one you miss,

and they tell you to go back and live.

So, when that numbness passes brave one,

maybe it’s time to do what you are told,

go back and live,

twice as hard.

You don’t belong there in the ether,

nor do you need to search for the one you lost,

they find you.

And when they do, you’ll feel it.

By Donna Ashworth

From ‘I Wish I knew’

https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ

Art by Amanda Cass #amandacassart

#griefpoetry #griefquotes #griefsupport #griefpoem #donnaashworth #grieving #withoutyou

#spilled thoughts #spilled tears #spilled emotions #grief journal #dealing with grief #grief/mourning #coping with grief #spilled prose #spilled ink #tragic love

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heavenlyblonde · 2 years

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NOBODY TOLD ME

Nobody told me,

how often I would see your face,

then blink and see another instead.

Nobody told me,

that trying to recall the exact sound of your laugh,

would keep me awake at night.

Nobody told me,

that I would reach for my phone so often,

to heartbreakingly put it back down again.

Nobody told me,

that you were my moon and my sun,

my reason and my way,

my morning and my night.

Nobody told me,

that your life would feel like a movie I made up in my head,

that I would seek out others who had seen it too,

just to feel you there for a moment.

Nobody told me that food would lose taste,

that air would lack oxygen,

that I would miss you,

this much.

I miss you,

this much.

Nobody told me.

Donna Ashworth

From ‘I Wish I Knew’: https://amzn.to/3JVMJlZ

Art by Catherine McMillan, Art

#griefpoetry #griefquotes

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moonlitfirefly · 7 months

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THE PEACE THEY NOW FEEL

“They’re not angry, those you lost.

Wherever they are.

They’re not bitter, or traumatised by the pain they once felt.

They’re not hoarding regret, nor are they interested in retribution or revenge.

They are at peace.

And if you believe that they watch us, that they flow alongside us in essence, then you can be certain they would wish only for us to feel that peace, they now know.

And their love.

So, if you are feeling any of the painful emotions above, in honour of your loved ones passed over, please, please find a way to release it to the heavens.

They will take it for you and let it go.

They’re not angry, those you lost.

They are at peace.

Let them share with you, the peace they now feel.

It was hard won.”

-Donna Ashworth

From ‘wild hope’

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Art by Márfy Art

#restinpeace #griefpoetry

#rest in peace

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3starsjoycee · 9 months

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DON’T MISS ME MORE

Don’t miss me more than once a day,

For life is moving fast.

Don’t wish all of your time away,

Dreaming of the past.

Don’t waste the moment looking at,

The things I left behind me.

I’m not within those walls or boxes

The heart is where you’ll find me.

Don’t dread to say my name, sweet one,

Don’t fear the wrath of sadness.

Just take the love you had for me,

And turn it into gladness.

Don’t worry when my birthday comes

Don’t feel me missing more.

I’m filled with love you’re sending me,

Just as I was before.

Some days your anger will rush out,

Your tears will find their way.

To me, wherever I am then.

I’ll soothe them all away.

When I am gone don’t miss me more,

Than once, or twice a day.

There’s so much life to live, my love.

I’m with you, all the way.

Donna Ashworth

From ‘LOSS’

Photo by Maria Cacciatore

#mariacacciatore

#dontmissme #griefpoetry #griefpoem #missyou

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sineadshinelight · 1 year

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There are so many things I miss The big things and the small The plate left on the settee The tissues that would drive me mad cos they would be left wherever she sat Diva would even purposefully leave one on the settee when she would go back to Uni, cos obviously, I missed picking up after her, and this was done with the intention of helping me feel like she was home The text messages that never came alone, but would arrive with a sound of urgency, often just to tell me that someone was sitting on her seat on the bus, or that a work colleague held the wrong views on the world The things that were just a part of normal, every day life that I never saw coming to an end #Repost @sara_rian_books with @use.repost ・・・ home. my new book 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆 coming soon✨ 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚘𝚗 ♥ 『𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘』 #grief #grieving #griefsupport #heartache #normalizegrief #missingyou #griefjourney #loss #lifeafterdeath #loveandloss #lostlovedones #imissyou #losingyou #griefquotes #griefislove #bereaved #bereavement #deathanddying #griefandloss #griefshare #griefpoetry #poetry #writersofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #griefclub #poetryofinstagram #griefhealing #grievingdaughter https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSA206sr12/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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wyldwon · 2 years

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How do I live without you?

Oh my love I do not.

You are with me from the moment I open my eyes until they close.

And even after that,

on the plane of dreams where mortals and souls meet,

you are with me still.

“I have not yet learned to live without you,

and perhaps I never will,

the truth of the matter is,

you are always with me still.”

You walked such a blazing pathway, when your feet were on this earth, that your imprint lingers on and I place my own feet in your steps, one by one.

How do I live without you?

It’s really very simple.

I do not.

“I have yet to live without you

perhaps I never will,

perhaps the key to grief is,

you are always with me still.”

Donna Ashworth

From ‘LOSS’: Poems to better weather the many waves of grief https://amzn.eu/d/5V2svnV

Art by Amanda Cass #amandacassart

#griefpoetry #griefquotes

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drdeeknight · 2 years

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Your rage is valid and necessary. None of this is normal. My body feels that, and I will honor the fury it holds. . [Image description: white writing on black background with gray tone rose edging that says: Stay in your grief, America, and stay, stay in your rage. Stay in your anger as much as you stay in your anguish. Rush neither away. Sadness is not enough. We are seething. End image description.] . #grief #anger #needed #worthy #valid #buffaloshooting #uvalde #uvaldetx #massshooting #trauma #beangry #grieving #triggered #massshootings #yourfeelingsarevalid #itsokaynottobeokay #itsokaytonotbeokay #triggering #traumatic #unplug #mentalhealth #poetry #griefpoetry #guncontrol #guncontrolnow #useyouranger #getangry #fight #wedeservebetter #ourchildrendeservebetter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_J0XIuzTE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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curiouscorvidpublishing · 2 years

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Congratulations @jennifergordonpoetry on the release of this beautiful new collection! You can find a signed copy, along with copies of POEMS TO READ IN THE RAIN, on our website! Or, enjoy the ebook version on kindle! Jennifer worked so hard on her collection and it shows in both the careful presentation and thoughtful poetry. She has a masterful way of weaving nature, emotions, and poetry into a beautiful work that is relatable to everyone. We promise this is a collection you won't want to miss! . . . #poetry #naturepoetry #lovepoetry #griefpoetry #night #nighttime #moon #starrysky #poetrycollection #poems #poetrybook #bestseller #indieauthor #indiepoet #indiebooks #indiepublisher #smallpress #indiepress #darkpoetry #emotional #emotionalwriting #readersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ChFAV7yu4Pm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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ceekbee · 7 months

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LOOK UP

When someone so very full of light leaves,

your world feels dark, I know.

But that light they shone,

that light of theirs, is not out.

It doesn’t die.

It moves.

As though the stars themselves plucked it from earth and placed it proudly amongst their constellations to shine alongside them forevermore, bringing hope and guidance to the entire planet.

So when that darkness comes for you…

when that light leaves your world,

I guess what I’m trying to say is,

look up, my friends,

look up.

From ‘wild hope’ (adapted from ‘their light’ in honour of #nickynewman )

Art by Amanda Cass #amandacassart

I would love to take this opportunity to thank everyone who responded to my post yesterday. I cannot quite yet put into words how it feels to be so very supported. You have my gratitude. I am so very very grateful x

#griefpoetry #gograblife #nicknacklou

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deathsdandelion · 3 years

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Eyes like home

Eyes like the ocean

Eyes so distant and dilated

Eyes so sunken and broken

Eyes that use to twinkle so bright

Eyes that once helped me sleep at night

Eyes I will love like no other

Eyes which once belonged to my mother

#poetry #writing #grieving #addiction #griefpoetry #orginalpoem

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writerpyre · 3 years

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Posted @withregram • @inthemeadows8 (nb) #griefshare #grievingquotes #griefcase #griefpoetry #griefhealing #griefquotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CIvHs0KjLX6/?igshid=vafi0gnie0j9

#griefshare #grievingquotes #griefcase #griefpoetry #griefhealing #griefquotes

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wolfxofxwars · 4 years

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Loss

The pain of loss is a physical one,

Grief like tidal waves in a tsunami

Screams like thunder in the sky during a tornado

Grief is a storm

A storm that never truly goes away but slowly subsides with time

Grief will haunt you like a ghost on All Hallows Eve

Grief will wrap you up like a lover, promising to never let go if you don’t

Grief is comfort and pity all in one

What grief is not, is permentantly debilitating

Grief is not suffocating forever

Grief will let go of your hand but remain in the background forever waiting to embrace

Grief is dangerous and cunning

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moonlitfirefly · 1 year

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“MAYBE PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO STOP GRIEVING…

Maybe they are terrified,

that the grief they feel is the last thing they have left of that person.

That if they move on from the grief,

they will lose the final connection.

The only tie.

Maybe people feel united with their loved one,

in the realm just outside our reality.

United in pain and loss.

Banished to a parallel universe where they can both exist together,

still together.

Maybe that’s just too precious to move on from.

So if you are in this place, or you know someone who is,

maybe you can remind them that they are completely connected to their lost

in so many more wonderful ways than just the loss.

How can they not be?

Inch for inch the pain they feel equals the love they shared.

At the end of the day, it’s all just love.

And there is no need to banish either.

They can exist side by side,

grief and love.

And they do,

every day.”

Donna Ashworth

From ‘LOSS’

UK: https://amzn.eu/d/fwIp4VX

US: https://a.co/d/cQC9Wet

Art by Muhammad Sala

#griefjourney #griefpoetry #lossdonnaashworth #griefawareness #grief

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