A Work in Progress: A Collection of Poetry
By Leesa Abbott
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The author writes with an intensely personal, honest, and genuine approach weaving her own experience with grief, trauma, and depression. While the poems are intense and dark at times, they often relay messages of hope and strength in the face of life's obstacles.
Her poems speak to people who have faced significant life challenges, ultimately lifting their spirits and inspiring positive change and healing.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These poems reach out from the page to connect with the lonely, the misfits, the struggling and the lost. Grounded with a lyrically-articulated compassion, the author bares all and shares all to create a volume full of meaning and solace. Through varying techniques and styles, the author gracefully uses language, rhythm, repetition and rhyme to give form to feeling and shape to emotions. Individually the poems tell stories that feel both personal and universal. I often found the poems reminded me of someone who might relate and to whom I should send the poem because it sums up so eloquently those hard-to-define feelings of deep love, regret, longing for second chances, confusion, or particular life or emotional struggles.The title describes a self-acceptance credo and a call-to-action for understanding that threads throughout, as well as serving as the title of the last poem. The last two poems in the volume work as a powerful pair, with "A Work in Progress" answering the cries of "Broken Girl." These two are diamonds to be shared widely. Another poem that deeply connected with me is "The Journey." Several of the works in this volume explore duality and are a reminder that as with nature, people can contain many seasons. A Work in Progress is a tender and provocative work that would be a lovely gift for someone who needs affirmation and connection, and a lovely gift for yourself.
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A Work in Progress - Leesa Abbott
A Work in Progress:
A Collection of Poetry
by Leesa Abbott
For my mother
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
– Mark Twain
Copyright © Leesa Abbott, 2013
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.
Published by Lulu Books
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Acknowledgments
To John, Kelly, Clint, Marie, Wendy, Peggy, Mary, Rebekah, Darci, Daniela, Jennifer, Nina, Dakota, Ireland, Cierra and the rest of my friends and family. They have given me so much encouragement and support with regards to my writing and life in general. They have showed love for me regardless of what I do and what I forget to do. I could not do any of this without them.
To Mike, Julianne, Colleen, and everyone I have encountered through NAMI. I appreciate your support and kindness more than you know. Thank you for everything you do for consumers, their families, professionals, and the community in general.
To everyone out there who is A Work in Progress.
Reflections
To be free
yet part of another
To fly
yet be grounded
To be at peace with oneself
yet reflected by another
That is the goal
of love
The Lost One
I’m