Life: Poems to help navigate life’s many twists & turns

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I think that busy women will very much identify with this book’s content and know that their experiences may be universal. Short funeral verse written by Joyce Grenfell with a message about finding ways to cope with grief carry on after losing a loved one. And as the years abound and you read your story back it will suddenly appear that your life was right on track. For anyone in need of words of wisdom or a moment of calm, Donna sheds light on the beauty in small pleasures and explores our relationships with the unique sincerity and perception that is the hallmark of her poetry, which has travelled around the world and been viewed millions of times.

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Some are not necessarily poetry as I would imagine it so much but still resonated and felt they belonged in this collection. And yet I am still thinking about you pretty much all the time, which is strange because I didn’t know you at all, in real life. I’m a big believer in singing loudly in the car whenever possibleand I love pulling alongside a fellow diva doing the same. This collection is about dealing with those feelings, dealing with the trauma of loss, accepting the status of loss, healing the wounds, the scars and scabs left by loss.Who was your first celebrity fan and how does it feel to have all these household names enjoying your poems? A couple of my favorites included the very first in this collection entitled Your Perfect; I also liked Rest, Your to do List and Less. Love - This poignant collection of beautiful words is about all kinds of love, parental, sibling, as a child, as a partner, as a friend. Teach them how wonderful sand and grass feel on bare feet and how magical getting soaked in a rainstorm can be.

Loss: Poems to better weather the many waves of grief

There will be moments, days even, when the sun doesn’t seem to rise in your world and the breath feels sucked right out of your lungs. I recommend this book to anyone who is confused about their grief, who struggles and wonders how long it will hurt. Tell the teenagersThat they are not being left behind, that all the other young people are waiting too, this stress is collective.It feels like she truly understands me; I particularly connected with the poem ‘The Interrupt’ as this describes me perfectly, and now I know why I do it! I feel incredibly lucky to have received an advance review copy of this book by one of my favourite poets. Donna does this beautifully and leads us to a peace where grief and love coexist and perhaps describe the other. A short funeral poem by Helen Lowrie Marshall about happy memories living on after a loved one has gone. That our greatest joys will not come in our accomplishments, or from how we look, but from making and enjoying memories with those we love.

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For every twist, turn and roadblock the journey has to offer, this collection provides relief to busy minds and dares us to live with a reckless abundance of joy. Watch your words they can break down walls and build bridges but they can just as easily break a beautiful spirit. You know that feeling, when you have daily cleaned, cooked and prepared for a big family get-together or party?The poems in this book are a gentle reminder that I am not alone and that grief is a universal experience, as well as being deeply personal. Poet, Donna Ashworth, states that she hopes that this book will remind people that they are not alone and that there is joy in life despite the challenging times. When you have lost someone you love Do not make the mistake of living in sadness, or living small to honour their absence. To My No Fuss Friend Thank you for understanding that life is faster than I am… That, in my mind’s eye, we would hang out so much more often. The general theme is how perfect we are already - don’t change; embrace ourselves and realise how powerful we are.

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I wanted to read continuously, but found myself allowing time in between to process and digest these words of wisdom.

Readers are cherishing Loss - 'Emotional and beautifully written poems that reach out and speak to you. Here is another title by this author whose works are written in an easy to read way and yet offer much meaning.