Courtesy, Rudolf Süsske, Ph.D., editor Bilder Geschichten Meditetationen Cologne: 2004; Originally published by Kota Press, Seattle, WA. 1999, 2000; Cover graphics and design by
Harry Jones

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Resiliency

A woman named
Resiliency
had no place
to write,
so she found
a space
inside her mind.
It invited her:  Come sit down,
bring your pad of paper
and your pen.
The woman
listened to her mind.
She gathered in supplies
and climbed onto a limb.
There she sat
and spoke unto herself.
She said to those who died:
Meet with me.
That night
they set upon her lids.
When they left,
she found a room
to write in.
                    - Esther Altshul Helfgott

appears in Layers of Possibility:
Healing Poetry from Members of the National Association of Poetry Therapy, Margot Van Sluytman, ed. Palabras Press, Calgary, Alberta, 2007

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Courtesy, Rudolf Süsske, Ph.D., editor Bilder Geschichten Meditetationen Cologne: 2004; Originally published by Kota Press, Seattle, WA. 1999, 2000; Cover graphics and design by
Harry Jones