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	<title>The Survivor Manual &#187; Poetry</title>
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		<title>The Turnaround</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Tolson</dc:creator>
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Poem by Lori Lopez posted by Lynn C. Tolson
The Turnaround
Following disasters
Unnatural, Man-wrought
The road to survival is eternal
Arduous, rubble-fraught
The aftermath and trauma
Need a lifetime to mend
For such wounds run so deep
That the scars have no end

Only in screaming
Can the bottomless numbth be released
From a dungeon of exile
Where emotions have ceased
Where Justice is deaf
And abusers untried
Thus the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am A Survivor</title>
		<link>http://www.survivormanual.com/2009/10/i-am-a-survivor-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Tolson</dc:creator>
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I have laughed, lived, loved and lost.
I have cried, mourned, and grieved,
hoped, prayed and healed.
I have found strength and true beauty.
I am a SURVIVOR
Poetry contributed by Lynn C. Tolson, author of Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor&#8217;s Story, to Angela Shelton&#8217;s blog The Survivor Manual


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		<title>Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Shelton</dc:creator>
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Left alone, wet diaper staining the floorboardsI cried and cried and crieduntil I stopped.
Without love, without hugs, so coldI turned inward to seek something else:to make myself special.
Pain shattered my baby mindinto a thousand bits&#8216;We&#8217;ll make you special,&#8217; said the bits.
They took me to the underworldfed me pomegranate seeds and meadand danced around me in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonight in Seattle!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Shelton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Moving On]]></category>
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March 19th: Annual Rosie the Riveter Slam &#38; Featured Performer Dorothy Lemoult
Open Mic, Featured Performer and the Annual Rosie the Riveter Slam:The 3rd Annual Rosie Slam is open to Women Only in honor of National Women&#8217;s History Month.   Email info@seattlepoetryslam.org for more info.    When screenwriter Angela Shelton set out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ellen Bass&#8217;s new book, The Human Line</title>
		<link>http://www.survivormanual.com/2008/03/ellen-basss-new-book-the-human-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Shelton</dc:creator>
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Ellen Bass cowrote The Courage to Heal for anyone who does not know.
Hi Angela,
I do have some great workshops coming up over the next year or so I&#8217;d love people to know about. I&#8217;d also be very grateful if you&#8217;d include anything about my recent book.
Many many thanks,
Ellen

&#8220;Ellen Bass&#8217;s frighteningly personal poems about sex, love, [...]]]></description>
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