#teva harrison

[sleepingpoetry]

To feel the sand shift beneath my feet Called out to the wonder and the vast

To feel the salt drying on my ankles Crusting over my porous skin

I am infinite. I am small. I am at peace. The swirling, the raging – the disquiet that usually rolls beneath my skin It is gone, as if it never was

And the waves are crashing And the waves are lapping And the waves are creeping in

And my heart is pounding And my heart is beating And my heart is open – come in

– Teva Harrison, Ode to the Pacific Ocean

[lifeinpoetry]

— lost and found and lost again. But here, in this world, hungry to defy.

— Teva Harrison, from “A Pocketful of Stones,” Not One of These Poems Is About You

[lifeinpoetry]

I eat more when I’m with people. These days, I’m not with people much. So how long, how long, until I disappear?

— Teva Harrison, “Sustenance Song,” Not One of These Poems Is About You

[walrusmagazine]

How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover

My unlikely secret has nothing to do with luck

There is widespread disagreement about whether the luck lies in the finding or in the possession of a clover. Some people believe that the luck is lost if the four-leaf clover is even shown to somebody else, while others believe the luck doubles if it is given away. I believe that positivity is compounded by sharing.

Read more at at thewalrus.ca.

Illustration by Teva Harrison (tevaharrison.com).

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Wayson Choy Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Net Worth, Twitter, Obituary, Death Cause, 10 Facts You Need to Know

Wayson Choy Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Net Worth, Twitter, Obituary, Death Cause, 10 Facts You Need to Know

Wayson Choy Wiki

Wayson Choy, April 20, 1939 – April 28, 2019, was a Canadian writer. Publishing two novels and two memoirs in his lifetime, he is considered both one of the most important pioneers of Asian Canadian literature in Canada, and an important figure in LGBT literature as one of Canada’s first openly gay writers of color to achieve widespread mainstream success.

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In-Between Days - Teva Harrison Reveals the Truth of Living, With or Without Cancer

In-Between Days – Teva Harrison Reveals the Truth of Living, With or Without Cancer

Emotionally raw and at times brutally honest, Teva Harrison’s memoir chronicling her life as a metastatic cancer patient is graphic medicine at its finest. A few years ago, my grandfather died of the kind of pneumonia that often comes after prolonged chemotherapy. Simply put, his immune system was trashed. I’m not sure what kind of cancer he had. I’m not a medical expert. Frankly, the disease…

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Exploring the Meditative Components of the Printed Page | Review of "The Joyful Living Colouring Book" by Teva Harrison (2016) House of Anansi

Exploring the Meditative Components of the Printed Page | Review of “The Joyful Living Colouring Book” by Teva Harrison (2016) House of Anansi

It seems odd to use this space to proclaim the meditative capabilities of the printed page. Cyberspace is where many of us find ourselves this days. We need to be here for; our jobs, to communicate with family and friends, and even to inform and educate ourselves. But for those of us who still pull ourselves out from the collected ramblings and sighs found on electronic means to reflect on the…

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Teva Harrison is sharing the story of her battle with cancer through the graphic novel In-Between Days.