Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic:

Witnessing and Connecting

How to put into words a devastating pandemic that upends the world and our daily experiences of life, love and community?

Haiku Poetry for the Covid Pandemic brings together over ninety short poems that usher us through the first two years of the pandemic. The poems are variously serious and whimsical, capturing Covid-19's sweeping reach—from the blunt fact of barren store shelves, to shimmering questions dwelling in the great unknown.

Beginning in March 2020 with the declaration of the pandemic, this poetry of witness and relation contends with death, grief, loss and loneliness as it also offers words of healing and hope. It invokes the experience of living simultaneously with the existential and the mundane, as we negotiate new relationships to restaurants, homes, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, grocery stores, and romance.

By 2021, the poems begin to shake off the bewildering shock and awe of the preceding “blurs-year” during which many of us felt disconnected from ordinary time. They do this by giving urgent witness to discrete events, striving to be present in unique moments despite the confounding coronavirus’s refusal to leave. When the collection ends in March 2022, we are left standing at the uncertain threshold of Covid 3.0, glancing at these poems in the side-view mirror. 

About the Author

Kate Dash is a writer in Oakland, California. She made her way through the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic by writing these short poems about her experiences. She hopes readers will find some resonant lines to hold onto, if only to feel more connected to the universal experience of Covid through which we are all muddling.

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Momma's Love

Momma’s Love is a story of a girl in need of her mother’s love. Generational cycles fall onto a young mother, intensifying her own choices and hardships. From the daughter’s eyes, the point of view determines whether this chain will be broken for future generations.

Khloe has always felt alone and unwanted; misunderstood by her mother and abandoned by her father. Craving attention and to be heard by her mother. Witnessing firsthand her mother’s examples and poor decisions, she makes discoveries and learns about herself. Khloe will learn how to overcome her childhood traumas.

Khloe embarks on a journey full of unanswered questions and confusing emotions. So much unknown internal pain and anger to overcome before she begins her journey as a young woman. With a lack of guidance, Khloe strives to succeed to become different from her mother, facing many challenges as a young woman and teenage mother herself

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True Love

 

True Love by Joshua Lewan

(Children's book)
Release: May 31st 2022

Uriel has a lot of questions about life and is determined to know the answers. Through inquiry, exploration, chance, experience and realization, all of these questions are answered over a lifetime of truly living. Join Uriel as he uncovers and awakens to the true meaning of life.

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In The Blink of My Eye

 

In the Blink of My Eye: A Novel

Cherish your yesterdays, Dream about your tomorrows, Live your best todays

Reagan Kathleen McDonald was born into a large Irish family. She came into this world with a smile on her face, a twinkle of mischief in her eyes, and a heart full of love. Follow her throughout the roller coaster ride of her life encompassing the humor, romance, drama, hurt, pain, rejection, yet joy of the stages she would go through, grow through, dance through, laugh through and cry through.

Her loves and loses will have you on an emotional high and then drop you in to the depths of despair until you reach that last hill. Will there be a light at the end?

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MOMMY DOESN'T LOVE ME:

Healing Journeys For Unseen Wounds

Emotional wounds are delicate, because they can’t be seen but felt. However, children who grow up without their emotional needs met, will tend to struggle through life second guessing themselves and seeking outside approval as a norm. It means they weren’t able to gain the emotional safety needed in childhood, which is learned through the feminine energy or Mother, which is why they seek it in teachers, partners (codependency) and later with their own kids (parentification, the role reversal where the child grows up taking care of the adult thereby loses their own right to have a childhood). 

This book does not touch upon abuse in a direct way, it touches upon shame, abandonment, neglect, rejection, and some templates of narcissistic mothers in a very subtle way as to not continue to harm the unconscious mind of the child or adult doing Inner Child work. It helps you grieve the unconditional love you didn’t have or the mother figure who used to protect you and is now gone.

With the use of symbolism and future pacing the "loss of a mother", this is a therapeutic tool of self-healing, which can be read by children 7 years up. It is also recommended that it’s read by an alternative caregiver as a form of support, foster/adoptive/stepparents, or by an adult working on their childhood trauma (looking to validate the child inside). It may even bring some childhood memories for the adult that thought they couldn't "remember" anything about their childhood. 

With the magical stories of 6 unique kids, who have lost their emotional safety in the world, the child or adult wanting to do Inner Child work will rediscover the potential of their true self, the one that was lost due to trauma, in the present or all the way in the past. 

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What You Are To Me

 

What Are You to Me

Twenty-year-old Priscilla Dixon’s life is about to be turned upside down. Fresh from a break up and fed up with relationships, Priscilla swears guys off just as her mom marries Jack Bennett. Along with her new stepdad, comes his twenty-one-year-old son, Conner. Conner Bennett has a troubled past that he is looking to escape with this new move and new family. Unfortunately, he didn’t count on being so attracted to his stepsister or her being so against the idea of being attracted to him. As he fights to change the parts of himself that he meant to leave behind, she fights the feelings that are building for this troubled addition to her life. When Conner’s past follows him to the present and threatens everything he is trying to become, Priscilla has to decide if he’s worth the risk of getting involved. As the lines between Conner and Priscilla blur, they can’t help but ask each other: what are you to me?

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A Basketball Story 

A Basketball Story follows Coach Miles Davis and his youth basketball team on their road to victory. But as the team inches closer to the championship game, Coach Miles notices something different about the players; has their winning streak gone to their heads? Will they be able to put their pride aside before the big game, or will they crumble under their own hubris?

Entertain your child with this thrilling tale while teaching important life lessons, such as:

How to remain humble, even when experiencing success

To maintain a positive outlook in the face of adversity

To focus on the bigger picture

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Beauty of Life

 

Beauty of Life: 101 Inspirational Quotes

These inspirational quotes were written by the author Cleanne Lynn Johnson during the COV1D-19 pandemic. She hopes the reader finds peace, joy and happiness in these words of encouragement during the pandemic and beyond, and to help change their view of life and the world, by always seeking God.

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Nobody's Child

 

Nobody's Child, Sarah's Story

Inspired by a true story…an African American author captures this emotional 1940s coming of age drama about, Sarah, a young White girl desperate to get away from her small-town life in Ohio. Her naïve decision to enter prostitution to earn quick money to fund her escape plan, leads to an affair with a suave, older, Black man (WALLACE). Pregnant, devastated, and alone, the faith instilled in her by her Catholic school education helps her stay strong and deepens her relationship with God.

sexuality/race/spirituality

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Dog Coloring Book For Girls:

Dog Lover Puppy Dog Coloring Book. Great For Children That Love Dogs! children's Learn and Play Activity Book

Dog Coloring Book For Girls: Dog Lover Puppy Dog Coloring Book. Great For Children That Love Dogs! children's Learn and Play Activity Book

*Great for use with crayons and pencils, felts and more!

*A beautiful 100+ single side pages to prevent color bleed through and easy removal for displays!

*Bumper Dog Lover Coloring Book for Girls who love cute dogs!

*50 Stunning bold print outlines for easy coloring activities

*Great for toddlers and young children learning to color inside the lines

*Bright, fun, colorful front and back covers to appeal to kids’ creative imagination

*Hours of fun bringing pictures to life whilst learning to color cute dogs, shapes and reading fun included!

*Great quality large white paper

*Pages and pages of cute dogs, puppies and shapes that every child will adore!

*LARGE bold easy to see outlines and images

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The Affirmation Revolution

 

The Affirmation Revolution

Awaken the power of Affirmative Incantations and experience their potential to change your life like never before!

Affirmations are nice, positive affirmations are good, but Affirmative Incantations are powerful!

Jay Willick invites you to awaken and upgrade your perspective by joining the Affirmation Revolution.

Along with the monthly essays, every week/twice a day you will make a journey to your best Self and create a mental habit equal to the magnificence you were born to BE.

Inspiration for your mind creates motivation for your actions!

Bold and brave, playful and persuasive, THE AFFIRMATION REVOLUTION is designed to assist you to bust through, soar, and zoom into your greatest adventures and most successful life!

CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

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Charlie's Story

 

Charlie’s Story: First Contact

Fourteen-year-old Samantha spends her days exploring the shallow reef behind her island home. With her world locked in a battle against rising seas, scientists deploy genetically modified corals to rebuild reefs and protect the coastline. No one expects the reefs to be a hotbed of evolution, but they are.

When an octopus flows off a rock in her lagoon, Samantha is startled. When he purposefully arranges pieces of coral on the sand, trying to communicate, she is shocked. How she responds may determine the fate of life on Earth.

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The Western Edge

 

The Western Edge: Book 1

The first story of our tale begins on a hot day on the edge of a Republic. There, we find an assortment of people that have lived their lives there peacefully for years, just simply counting their blessings. Then, beyond the horizon comes an angel of death. With a flash of steel, she's killed hundreds of men they say. Could the stories be true? Only from the words of someone who was there, could we set the record straight...

This is the story about a Samurai, a drifter, and a lost kid.

This is a story about the Western Edge.

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Team Shipman Publishing

 

Team Shipman Publishing
5th Anniversary Celebration
www.teranceshipman.com

Dr. Terance Shipman is a 28-year veteran teacher. He spent much of his teaching career working with elementary aged students. In fact, he spent his first 11 years teaching kindergarten! He is proud to say that he built strong relationships over those years and has an incredible network of his students and their parents and co-workers that he has remained in contact with over these years. Dr. Shipman calls this ever-developing network “Team Shipman”. Through Team Shipman, Dr. Shipman offers continual encouragement, leadership, and mentorship to his students, their families, and his professional peers. Dr. Shipman currently teaches middle school and extends membership to Team Shipman to his current students and their families, as well.

Find his books at

www.teranceshipman.com

or on

Dr. Terance Shipman's Amazon Author Central Page

 

Sight Words & Fluency Practice:

100+ Sight Words & High Frequency Words (Reading Support for Early Readers)

Help Your Child with Early Reading Skills - (Kindergarten/First Grade)

• Children Learn 100+ Sight Words & High Frequency Words
• Practice Handwriting by Tracing Activities
• Use of Repetition with Specific Sentences Helps Children with Fluency
• Fill-in-the-Blank Word Activities
• Ages 5-7
• 8 1/2" x 11"
• 97 Pages

This workbook provides a specific structure that uses repetition to build a child's confidence and ability level. Words are presented in an intentional order - increasing in difficulty as the children learn more and more words. Kindergarteners and first graders alike will benefit from the repetitive sentences found throughout the workbook to help them increase their fluency skills. 

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GOD SALVATION PLAN:

Both Jews and Gentiles

One Body in Christ THE CHURCH

The author, being called by God and having experienced a new birth by being born again from above by the baptism of the Holy Spirit have documented according to the Old King James version of the Bible - The True Salvation Plan of God from Adam to Jesus Christ. Which includes, both Jews & Gentiles one body in Christ The True Church. This book includes what a person needs do to be saved; while also, exposing false teachings of Christianity propagated by the false Church-Christians & ministries. The author also covers topics regarding salvation and other important topics, of which people should be aware of. Topics include how to live a godly and victorious life, the journey & destiny of God's chosen people, the Jews, with an emphasis on Judgement & redemption in the latter days, the teachings of Jesus Christ, his apostles, revelation of end-time prophesies, the manifestation of the Anti-Christ and the time of the bride of Christ - from the Earth. This book also uncovers the mysteries pertaining to the early and latter rain by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and a look into the other-worldly religious beliefs customs & practices with an emphasis on reincarnation and what happens after death.

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