Migraines and Their Remedies

by Sandra De Helen

Overview

Being a migraineur, having a child who suffers even more severely, I felt every word, every phrase, EVERY poem deeply, and have a few new remedies to consider. ~Mercedes Lewis, Poet, author of Glimpses of a Fractured Soul

This poem collection includes a range of emotions felt while experiencing migraine headaches. Pain? Yes, and sorrow, anger, hopelessness. But the poems were written to help the poet survive the pain—to have hope for a cure, an end to the suffering. Readers may relate to the pain, because haven't we all suffered? At its core, the collection shows us we are all in this together.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160751801
Publisher:	Launch Point Press
Publication date:	06/30/2023
Series:	Poetry for the New Millennium , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	233 KB

About the Author

Sandra de Helen published her first poem at the age of fourteen. Her English teacher, Janice Wallace, submitted the poem to a teacher's magazine and surprised Sandra with a copy in print. The poem was about abortion, which was illegal at the time (and may be again soon in this country).

In her twenties, Sandra published a few poems in newspapers, which spurred her to take a Creative Writing Class at the local community college. The [male] professor predicted she would never make a good poet because she didn't “write like a man.” The next year she joined the women's movement and turned to writing plays.

Forty years later, she picked up Sage Cohen's book, Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry, and resumed writing poems like a woman. Sandra also writes novels, essays, theater reviews, and a weekly newsletter.

Sandra is a long-time resident of Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her daughter, chickens, and cats.