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  • Provoked by Pain

    The Poems of a Broken Woman
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    What do you do when, in a moment, the future you had imagined for yourself comes crashing down? After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts, Grabinsky was intent on beginning a new life as a professional artist when she was diagnosed with rheumatoid...


  • Reminiscence Armada

    selected poems
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    The walls begin to crack, fissures running along The beams of its back, the pipes of its veins. It can no longer support the emptiness of its weight, The void of its rooms, the deafening sound of no one. (“Dusk Is When I Think of You Most”)...


  • Examining Room

    within the walls of the opioid crisis
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    During 30 years in primary care and addiction medicine, the Vancouver-based Dr. Lorinda Spooner has found her examining room a place of suffering, of adversity, but also of hope. Yet, since 2016, when the opioid crisis was declared a public...


  • When Life Happens

    In Poetry and Reflection
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    When Life Happens: In Poetry and Reflection is a collection of 70+ poems of mixed genres. Romance and heartbreak, trauma, grief, aging and nature. They are written in a mix of free verse and traditional poetry styles by a Canadian indigenous...


  • Syllable Junkie

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    Syllable Junkie begins with ‘Life’ and ends with ‘Death’. Birds learn to fly, sea turtles gorge on plastic, people drown, chickens and guppies rant, ants battle, humans pollute, sperm speak, men become fathers, nostalgia bubbles to the surface,...


  • Tulips in the Afterglow

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    Tulips in the Afterglow is a heartfelt guide to healing and self-love after a breakup. Divided into three powerful chapters, this book takes you through the stages of growth, helping you rediscover who you are and what you truly deserve. It’s a...


  • Ivory Stone

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    Ivory Stone is the first book in the Rare series. It is a powerful collection of poetry that delves into the complexities of love, abandonment, inner strength, and betrayal. Through striking imagery and deeply personal reflections, these poems...


  • Pluviophile

    One Against The Rain
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    "Pluviophile" is a poetry book that encapsulates the connection between the poet and the “rain” in the sense of tribulations. Each poem describes the connect to an individual and a rainy day, highlighting the topics of renewal, peace, and...


  • Anomaly

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    Anomaly is a coming of age debut eager to describe the depths of what it’s like to be feminine in the 21st century. A collection of poetry investigating the early resistances of change, while also recognizing the grief and expectation that is...


  • Spoonful of Tears

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    How do we cope when the person we’ve hung our hopes on inevitably disappoints us? How can we love again? What if we can’t forgive them? What if we can’t forgive ourselves? In Spoonful of Tears, poet Victoria Allyce explores the emotional knots we...