Catherine Gourdier By Robin L Harvey Catherine Gourdier feared she’d drown in a torrent of grief and despair after the sudden deaths of her mother, her youngest sister and her father. Instead, she’s written a gripping and raw memoir that shares how the screenwriter and film producer conquered depression and emerges stronger for it. The …
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Review of Test Piece – by Sheryda Warrener
By Robin L Harvey At the public launch of her latest poetry collection, Test Piece, Sheryda Warrener chose to read her poem “On a Clear Day”. It was a kind choice, because of all the poems in the UBC creative-writing teacher and Artspeak presenter’s third book, it was most accessible for any listener’s intellect. The …
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The Chaos Machine, The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World – by Max Fisher
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash By Robin L Harvey Max Fisher set out to write the definitive book about the dangers social media has thrust upon the world. Its telling subtitle purports that it is an “Inside Story,” one that Fisher backs up with an impressive 32 pages of page note references. Fisher has …
Journey into the Shadow and the Sunshine – by Annabel Harz
Artwork – Mosaic Tree by Annabel Harz By Robin L Harvey There are two things you immediately notice when you launch into Annabel Harz’s uplifting poetry collection, Journey into the Shadow and the Sunshine. The first is the colourful cover illustration, comprised of a flower-petal like image in bursts of rainbow hues. In its …
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Review of PTSD Poems to Slay Demons by Fatima Aladdin
A lovely collection of poems about all that is in us as it takes on the modern world. A collection of poems that center around some of the most powerful of human experiences, emotions, and realizations. In PTSD Poems to Slay Demons, the author maintains such a raw, honest, and compelling tone throughout all of the …
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Review by author Heather MacDonald-Archer featured in anthology The Whole She-Bang
PTSD Poems to Slay Demons, by Robin L Harvey This author does indeed slay demons – and perhaps dragons, too – in this collection of poems. She manages to hit the bullseye on the full board of human emotion, tracing the pain of anguish, hurt and grief. Nothing is sacred or safe from her pen …
Li Ji FVR Issue VI
PTSD Poems to Slay Demons in Li Ji FVR Issue VI Tin Man Was it a dream, a bump on the head, or true love, this? In the center of the cyclone two hearts as big as houses were swept up in that first kiss, spellbound and smitten by those lusty/rusty lips. Swept away and …
Free Verse Revolution Review
https://www.kristianareed.com/post/review-ptsd-poems-to-slay-demons “PTSD Poems to Slay Demons by Robin Harvey is an ode to survival, power and healing. Harvey’s style is sharp and wonderfully rhythmic.” Katriana Reed – editor Free Verse Revolution “let me drown her whispered lies in yellow blooms so at last I hear my children laugh in sunny rooms amid the scent of …
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REVIEWED by Fatima Aladdin PTSD Poems to Slay Demons Written by Robin L Harvey A collection of poems that center around some of the most powerful of human experiences, emotions, and realizations. In PTSD Poems to Slay Demons, the author maintains such a raw, honest, and compelling tone throughout all of the poems even as they vary …
The Soft Zone
People have told me much of what I write is raw and dark so I thought I’d start off by posting one of my few “soppy love poems.” I find them harder to write, I think, because I’m a stressed-out, reactive sort. I have to be centred, settled and soft, and brave to tap into …