Shadow Work

Tavius Dyer looks at the parts of himself he hasn't wanted to look at--those hiding in the shadows--and brings them into the open for re-integration. The poems move from darkness to recovery by creatively exploring a self sometimes reluctant to step into the light. Near-death experiences, incarceration, divorce, and the loss of an only child are motivations to finding the other side.

Shadow Work brings a message of hope and strength to anyone who might be struggling with similar issues, or those who know someone who is. When we learn from our mistakes and help others, we turn our darkness into light and love.

Table of Contents

Shadow Work
Must Everything
Rock Bottom Renaissance
Karaoke Killer
Telephone Holiday
White Minority
Love Made Me
Pen Point
Creative Expression Is Self-Exploration
At a Café
Adult Children
Separation
Anyone's Neighbor
Who Knew
Death of a Dream
Noise Makes Heard
Single Mother
To Date a Poet
Each Moment
Ghost of Dreams Realized
Life and Death
Depressed
Fight Club
Romancing the Stoned
Hitchhiking to Heaven
Blues Undone
Fade into You
Grief and Loss
Too Many Stories
We All Lose People We Love
Some Words on Love
Mother & Father
I Know Better Now
The Brave New World
I Lost My Child

Acknowledgements
About the Author
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