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  • Where the Heart Carries the Light

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    Rooted deep in its author’s lived experience as an Inuk woman, Where the Heart Carries the Light is a deeply evocative poetry collection that takes the reader on a journey through love, grief, motherhood, leadership, and the enduring strength of...


  • Wildflowers

    Life in Poetry
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    A collection of one hundred carefully selected poems written over numerous years, Wildflowers is a lifetime realized in verse. Across eight sections, Koral Carpentier shows the breadth of her sincere, contemplative writing. She realizes vividly...


  • Rowing to Portugal

    Poetry and Drawings
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    Rowing To Portugal is a journey of the trials, thrills and many adventures you will have along the way. Moving down the street can be a challenge but moving to another country is an experience of a life time. Leaving the United States was not a...


  • The Phoenix Must Burn

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    The fire doesn’t just destroy; it clears the path. For years, the embers of childhood trauma smouldered beneath the surface, a quiet heat that defined the boundaries of life. But to truly rise, the old structures must be surrendered to the flame....


  • My Little Bit of Heaven

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    During pregnancy, each month brings new changes and new feelings. Self-doubt and anxiety can overshadow moments of joy and elation. As the due date looms near, so does uncertainty and fear. Will I be a good mother? Will my baby be healthy and...


  • Sphinx

    The Summit
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    shining knight diving under falsely serene waters of mortal silence tears and laughter and rage she opens doors lets a tiny light shine on undesirable truths in need enduring trembling sporadic back and forth off the path and back, Lots-a-lot...


  • To Live Forever

    Poems on Love, Loss, and Becoming
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    “I write for you, though selfishly I write for me, because the page is where I can live on for eternity.” Even in the ruins, you can bloom. To Live Forever is more than poetry, it’s a mirror for anyone who has loved, lost, and fought to find...


  • In the Silence I Found Myself

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    When I finally sat still long enough to listen, I realized that silence isn’t emptiness; it’s truth. It’s where the spirit breathes, where wounds begin to close, and where the pieces of who we are start to find their way back home. Born in the...


  • Embracing Agency

    Debut Collection of Flash Fiction / Fables & Poetry
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    "Embracing Agency" invites readers to experience a moment in the life of a stranger. How will they deal with a situation they can't avoid? - Tell the truth or lie - Stay or leave - Assert themselves or be compliant A good read. These short...


  • Bruised Fruit

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    In Bruised Fruit, pride hangs from a tree like a plum, is plucked, and left to rot on the ground. A cow jumps over the moon and lands on the highway. A heart is made of glass. Blushing is “a wound / in my cheek.” A breath is an ocean wave. Love...