The Butterfly Touch: Recovery Through Poetry - Softcover

Reed, Dessa Byrd

9780967876733: The Butterfly Touch: Recovery Through Poetry

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ISBN 10: 0967876737 ISBN 13: 9780967876733

Publisher: Deer Pub, 2000

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Can expressing yourself through poetry be a healing force?

It is for Dessa. After a near death experience, she has gone from wheelchair to full recovery. Her amazing story will "touch" your poetic heart and inspire you with her journey of recovery through the mountain and valleys of verse. Dessa encourages you to express your own inner voice with poetry and feel its healing force.

Includes narrative and 61 poems of love, humor and insight that will color your life with The Butterfly Touch

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About the Author

Dessa Byrd Reed was born in Charleston, Illinois. She attended Eastern Illinois State College and the University of Illinois. Dessa and her late husband moved to California many years ago where she has had several careers including homemaker, advertising representative for an international newspaper, interior designer, practitioner for her church, as well as chaplain in two county jails.

After seeing the benefits of writing poetry in her own recovery, she now teaches poetry workshops and speaks to organizations encouraging others to find inspiration and direction in creating their own verse. Dessa also sponsors poetry contests in several local schools helping young people discover their poetic voice and communicate their feelings.

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