Kirjahaku

Poetry for the modern heart. How many of us have struggled to explain who we are and what we need? How many of us find that labels do not seem to contain us, that we are more and other than we could have imagined, that we try to pretend we are what we're supposed to be? This is just the story of a girl. A girl like any other. A girl who did everything that she was told. Who strived to be pretty, to be appropriate, to pass as normal. A girl who traveled, and suffered, and lived. This is the story of pain. Of the struggle for identity in a complicated world. This is the story of the struggle for meaning, the struggle to find the joy and the light in a sea of anxiety and expectations. This is the story of all of us. Of the desire to move from loss to peace, from constriction to authenticity. Of love without bounds and a deep, honest revelation of our inner truths. This is the story of the struggle, of the way the trials of our past carve us into the powerful creatures we we meant to be. This is one girl's story. This is the first volume of the five-volume 'Poetry Therapy' series. In it, Morgan Webb explores the trials and triumphs of losing a partner, losing direction and finding yourself again. Her raw and heart-wrenching poetry will take you on an emotional journey, perhaps helping you find some of your own truths along the way.

Trained as a dancer since she was young, Morgan Webb first fell in love with the written word when she saw it's power on the stage - first with a musical version of Don Quixote, then with the fairy creatures of Midsummer Night's Dream. This love has compelled her to an exhaustive study of the classics and the stage, searching for that illusive ability to speak deeply to the human experience. This book and the rest of the Poetry Therapy series are her attempt to contribute her own words to the discussion, after spending many years working with the words of others. She is also a passionate painter and photographer - the photograph featured on the cover is hers.