![]() Reading poetry written by a poet-therapist aimed at describing and showing a path towards self-healing, can also be effective therapy for the reader. “Creative writing is a well-recognized form of therapy. Thank you for supporting independent publishing. To learn more about Roz, Smoke the Peace Pipe, and poetry as therapy, check out our recent interview with her. She has also performed at the Leeds International Festival and the renowned Edinburgh Fringe. Her work was most recently on exhibit with Awakenings, a Chicago-based arts collective, as well as the London Design Festival. Roz has been published in a number of journals, zines, and anthologies, including Snapdragon Journal, Token Magazine, and past issues of Yellow Arrow Journal. ![]() She works as a social worker and therapist while studying for her MA in Creative Writing at Teeside University. Roz Weaver is a Liverpool-born, spoken-word performer and internationally published poet currently floating around West Yorkshire, England. By sitting and sharing a peace pipe with ourselves, we have an opportunity to bear what we thought was unbearable and make space for the possibility of a bigger picture. She encourages the possibility that we all can find hope and healing by showing up in the present moment, in the environment and with people around us, and through a shared appreciation of nature, spiritual exploration, and sacred connection with the Earth. ![]() Smoke the Peace Pipe is a collection of poems inspired by the author's experience of trauma and how this settled in her body, sometimes as her own worst enemy. ![]() Yellow Arrow is very excited to announce the release of our first chapbook, Smoke the Peace Pipe, by Roz Weaver. ![]()
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