Poetry Showcase
Listed in alphabetical order by poem title
The drab Beauty – Sharon Ivanasuskas
Free – Lisa Marie Bettencourt
The Mirror – James Holmes
SEE Me, HEAR ME, and Don’t judge me………… – Nicole Jordan
Stigma of Mental Illness: The Lack of Understanding of the Concepts of its Conditions – Daniel William Dolson
A Sister’s Story – Maria del Carmen Rodriguez
I Cannot Tell – Faye Marks
Jagged Swords of Ignorance (Haiku) – Shana Rodriguez
The Mind of Many are Okay! – Tameka Bordeaux
The Revelation of Self and Everything in Between – Shari X Insanity
STIGMATIC – Dana Hunter
too much, no more – Soorya Baliga
December 2022
THE DEADLY SILENCE – Della Brown
Intervention Concerto – Fred Shaw
Mommy’s love – Tania Hallal-Fabricatore
My OCD – Gina Bortolussi
Where I am – Janet Larrea
Commitment – Emily Hamilton
INSIDE – Donna R
Kaleidoscope of the Mind – Apara Mahal Sylvester
Love is stronger than death – Nadine Hey
Our Family – Susan Wagner
Self-Stigma Solution – Sarah Walsh
A Picture to Paint – Luca Duberstein
Did You Not See Me When I Entered The Room – Vicki Harvey
My Soul Lingers – Kenya The Visionair Phillips
The Bolted Door Of Ignorance – Patricia Cannon
The drab Beauty – Sharon Ivanauskas
Yes – Vivian Listner
You, and not only you – Michael Loberfeld
My Favorite Song – The Sky’s the Limit – Carl Walden
My song asking for freedom – Elisa Rendon
Repose in Rhyme – Maryann Martin
Untitled – Melanie Aaron Pappas
A Fugue on Meditation – Eileen Fisher
Free to Express – Jennifer Bristol
Masters Over Mania – Strawberry Gallagher
My song asking for freedom – Elisa Rendon
Untitled – Margaret Pernice
All or Nothing – Patricia Urban Korsak
Enslaved In The Name – Ethel Mack
My Soundtrack of You – Tony Ciavolella
Prosper/Moi – Shannah Beckett
The Fiery Soul that Leads You Home – Shari Fridman
Music to my Ears – Nora Weiss
My Favorite Song – The Sky’s the Limit – Carl Walden
The “Perfect” Song – Annie Glynn
Silence Song – Anastasia Lambros
war drum – Olivia Matthews
Mental Illness – by Thomas Hoffman
My Illness and Recovery – by Sandra Ogonowski
Untitled – by Nadirah Mc Dowell
Untitled – by Beth Schneider
Untitled – by Kathy Murphy
NIGHTMARES FADE – by Paul Norris
Progress Notes – by Tammy Smith
Untitled – by Irene Lynch
Untitled – by Dean Gold
Untitled – by Tom O’Gurkis
A Prayer to You – by Jean Lefkanic
Depression – by Donald Breen
Poem of Mental Health – by Nikki Stein
The Fight Through – by Lyn Regan
Untitled – by Paul T. Sasso
Being in the Moment – by Rusty Pica & Barbara Mitchell
Breaking the Cycle – by Sean Sogorka
Joy – by Fred Chambers
Someday – by Lopamudra Bhattacharyya
This is the Way I made it Through the Tough Times – by Barbara Mitchell
Choose to be Happy – Ayesha Karim
Inner Whispers – Kristen Koller
Irish Eyes – Pat Cacacie
Mind and Body – Nidhi Joshi
Untitled – CA Weiss
Someday – Lopamudra Bhattacharyya
I am thankful for – Saket Bolisetty
Constellation of Synapses – Ysabel Y. Gonzalez
Underneath it all – Dana Hunter
A Million Mistakes Only Make Me Normal – Carey Anne Uhlig
A Fugue on Meditation – Eileen Fisher
Longing for Peace – Patricia Urban Korsak
Overcoming Mental Illness – Jasmine Mathai
To Share – Robert H. Haveson
When the Lights Flicker – Gary Micco
A Hero’s Heart – by Jennifer Freund
Day by Day – by K.C.
Dear Lord… – by N. S.
The Days Becoming – by M. L.
What a Disorder – by Sonia Huraleczko
Cracks – by Marie Berry
Depression – by Elizabeth Marmelejos
Not Defined – by Susan Sawler
STAY IN THE LINE – by Richard Friedman
Yet I choose – by Karen A. Johnson
Discharge Plan – by Tammy Smith
Give it all your might – by Nicholas G. Poth
My Journey – by Rachel Stanton
My Shadow – by Shanna Rae M.
Untitled – by Reuben ben Yitzhak
Because You Always Made Gave – by Darnell Williams
In my beautiful mind – by Stephanee Brown
Into The Wind – by Brian Sudol
My Mental Illness – by Charlie Vasquez
Running from My Conscious State of Mind – by Kenya Daugett
NOVEMBER 2016
12 Hours of Shadows – by Susanne Mills
Dear Mind – by Yvette Brown-Cobb
Maybe, who knows? – by Mackenzy Samedi
Thanksgiving (Sower’s Vision) – by Jeff Varanyak
Untitled – by Melanie Aaron Pappas
OCTOBER 2016
A Change – by John Wolff
Maybe, who knows? – by Mackenzy Samedi
Thanksgiving (Sower’s Vision) – by Jeff Varanyak
Untitled – by Melanie Aaron Pappas
Untitled – by Randy Elfenbein
SEPTEMBER 2016
I am invincible – by Andi Coupe
My Hope Rope – by Eileen Steenweg
The Middle – by Fabio Tellez
The Monsters Within – by Angel Harrison
Untitled – by Michele Zaccone
AUGUST 2016
I am invincible – by Andi Coupe
My Hope Rope – by Eileen Steenweg
The Middle – by Fabio Tellez
The Monsters Within – by Angel Harrison
Untitled – by Michele Zaccone
JULY 2016
Inherit the Earth – by Deborah von Arnold
Out of Nowhere! – by Harkness Glee
Poem for Adam Lanza – by Aashish Kumar
The Blessings, They Whisper – by Michael Loberfeld
Yesterday ME – by Ewelina Romanowska
JANUARY 2016
Beauty equals Truth – by Ayesha Karim
HOBO’S DISTRACTIONS – by Fred Chambers
Love – by Jim White
Simmering Stigma – by Tammy Smith
The Start of my Life – by Alexandra Nauta
DECEMBER 2015
Lowered – by Douglass Blessing Allegretti
OF MY UNDERSTANDING – by Michael Slevin
Misty – by Donald Breen
SUNSHINE – by Michael Holmes
Untitled – by Laura Sadler
NOVEMBER 2015
CHALLENGES – by William Bergeron
From Aphrodite to Artemis: A Sister Healed – by Victoria Gray Palmer
Nature’s Gifts – by Leslie Price
Spring!!! – by Michele Zaccone
UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY SKIN – by Larry Schiller
OCTOBER 2015
The Gift of Love – by Cathy Christenson
Hope & Wonder – by Zaire Wilson
My World is Not Dark – by Susan Meyer
OUTLIVING MYSELF – by Irwin Dunsky
Testimony – by Barbara Mitchell
SEPTEMBER 2015
In Therapy – by Theresa C. Treadwell
Recovery – by Laura Yudof
Renewed – by Mackenzie Rose Blithe
Wanda’s Journey to a Brighter Future – by Wanda Garbett
What are the words you speak? – by Antoinette Wadley
AUGUST 2015
Popcorn Machine – by Robert Marshall Pflug
Spirit Light – by Sandra Lynn Lightfoot
Untitled – by Kelly Brennan
What do you see? – by Yvonne Davis
What makes me in my recovery? – by Shanetta Manning
JULY 2015
Alcohol – by Eileen Steenweg
CAREGIVER – by Chris J. Kulkowsky
Light And Shadow (Completely And Absolutely Free) – by Matthew Menechella
Untitled – by Kirstin Hurdle
Untitled – by Lucy Rosenberg
NOVEMBER 2014
Today – by David Bracewell
What Recovery Means to Me – by Michael Fazio
Stigma – by Jason Insalaco
EGO – by George Kidney
The Peacock – by Phil Avila
OCTOBER 2014
A War Inside My Soul – by Karlee Clark
Knights of the mind – by Anthony Keung
Untitled – by Raquelle Gonzalez
Stress – by Joe Packer
My crown grows – by Ian Shen
SEPTEMBER 2014
Untitled – by Monica Mora
Untitled – by Gail Silver Schafran
Untitled – by Stephanie K. Stern
Winner – by Cheryl L. Willis
AUGUST 2014
The Light at the End of the Tunnel – by William H. Tegarden, Jr.
Challenge the Day – by June Alexander
The Road to Recovery – by Debby Parker
THE SWEETNESS OF CANDI-THE WORLD’S BEST THERAPIST – by Steven Sacks
Untitled – by Brian Greenstreet
JULY 2014
“Insight” – by Mary Ann Cavener
“Untitled” – by Lindsey Ipson
“A Mountain Without a Valley” – by Gopal Raman, 17
“The Long Road Home” – by Sucharita Kirtikar
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