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Bella Mayo is a twenty year old poet and actress, who released her first poetry collection called My Greenhouse in 2021. She began to write…
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Brianna Wiest is an author and poet and has a popular page on Instagram where she shares her writing too. She has an amazing gift…
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In Anne Sexton’s poem, “The Fury of Rainstorms”, the stormy imagery of raindrops as red ants evokes a visceral sense of distress and pain. Through this…
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Stereotypes are present in everyday life, including childhood. Sometimes stereotypes get labeled as “normal” and become common in many households. This can often be overlooked,…
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Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet, and her poem “depression doesn’t knock“ is an incredibly powerful piece, filled with humour, raw vulnerability, and hope. The…
![Miguel Hernández, Elegy, Poem, Poetry, Grief, Loss, Death, Generation of ’27, Generation of ’36, Sorrow, Mourning, Memories, Bereavement](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/09/gabriel-E-b_VNmtGJY-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
One of the most moving and beautiful elegies in Spanish literature is the one written by the Spanish poet Miguel Hernández on the unexpected death…
![Poetry, Trauma, Shush, Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey, Family Trauma, Male Toxicity, Parent Relations, Memories, Childhood](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/08/kristina-flour-BcjdbyKWquw-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Rupi Kaur is a Canadian poet and author who released her first poetry work as a 21 year old university student. Her first poetry book…