Guest: Deanna Repose OaksShort Bio (taken from Deanna's website) "I devoured books in childhood as a way to disassociate from the chaos of my family life and I started writing to keep record of what was happening. My writing began humbly with journals and diaries, like any preteen girl is wont to do, but when my writing was exposed to gaslight, the colors and tones became tainted and ruined, so in the seventh grade I turned to poetry. I hid what I was feeling in metaphors & analogies so they couldn’t be torn apart and designated lies. What seems simple language on the page is a very complex retelling of events.There are 3 poems revealing facets of this: “Note To Self” and “Looking The Part” both included within Trauma’s Death, and “Dear Mom” in The Order of Chaos."

Find out more about Deanna at her website: https://deannareposeoaks.com/