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WINDBLOWN AND WAVING

Windblown and Waving

This collection explores my last bout with leukemia (CLL): WINDBLOWN, (Section I) deals with my time of crisis, WAVING (Section II) relates to my return to remission island, a place I gratefully still inhabit. Hopefully, these poems with help illuminate the journey of other patients, along with the health professionals and volunteers who accompany us on our travels.

Dvora Levin’s poetry collection addresses the experience of the cancer survivor. In a culture where we feel control is our right, cancer brings fear, uncertainty and grief, and for better or worse, loss of control. Shifting emotions, and the ebb and flow of hope, demand, attention and focus, yet they may blur and conceal the meaning of cancer. Dvora’s poetry provides access to that meaning in the context of her own journey. I hope other patients and caregivers will be enriched by the experiences and perceptions offered on these pages.
Stephen Ashwell, MD, C.C.F.P. B.C. Cancer Agency

Windblown & Waving opens a brilliant pathway through the disease of a person and all it entails, expertly integrating so many of the accompanying emotions. Alongside the terror, Dvora’s poems express hope and humour, confusion and clarity, dread and anticipation and more. Yet she leaves the reader not with anguished desperation but with an expectancy and an optimism framed in wonderful witticisms. Anyone who has ever experienced illness or worked with patients will be able to identify with this remarkable work.
Ruth J. Simkin, M.D., C.C.F.P., A.B.H.P.M. Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist

I found Windblown & Waving to be a brave and vital journey, especially in terms of facing our mortality. The integration of body, mind and spirit, the focus of my own practice, is reflected in many of these poems. Healing is a co-created endeavour – this poetry collection helps to deepen our understanding of the healing process.

Judi Trost, B.A.,R.M.T., G.C.F.P. Massage Therapist & Feldenkrais Practitioner[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]