Letters to a Prisoner

By Connie D.

Letters to a Prisoner is a look into the mind of the Enabler. the Enabler can be ANYONE; male or female. The Enabler can also assume the guise of law enforcement. This is a multifaceted problem that pervades our society. The first step is recognizing that YOU are a part of the problem, second is to get educated on how not to get trapped into enabling a friend or loved one. Once educated, you can pay it forward thereby becoming a part of the solution. Let's get out of the dark rooms and church basements and shine a light on addiction. Let's send a strong message to the addiction demon. It promises to haunt us forever-- if we don't!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Connie D.
• Release date: Nov 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465710604

Connie D.

Author/Photographer of Letters To A Prisoner by Connie D. Letters To A Prisoner received an Honorable Mention for Poetry at the 2011 New York Book Festival. A native New Yorker and currently a Member-At-Large of The National League Of American Pen Women, I lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii for thirty-six years. I now make my home in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. My poems and photography are published online and in Rain Bird, literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013). In 2013, I received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for my poem, Speaking French. In October 2015 my chapbook Hawaiian Time entered in the National League of American Pen Women’s Vinnie Ream contest was awarded the 3rd place in the inaugural multi-discipline category.

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Letters to a Prisoner

Connie D.

Corney Press Kaneohe, Hawaii

© 2016 Connie D. All rights reserved.

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Printed in the United States of America.

ISBN 13: 9781456405366

ISBN 10: 1456405365

Fourth printing: June 2016

Dedicated to the countless families fighting addiction.

Acknowledgements

Mahalo to

Bill Blankenfeld, Admissions Director and Jeff Nash, Facility Director of Habilitat- the place of change, for your combined inspiration. A giant mahalo to Alice Folkart and Anne M. Miller, for editing Finally to Pastor Alex MacAngus of the Waikiki Beach Chaplaincy for your apropos suggestions; your input has made this book possible.

Poems, Letters and Photography by Connie D.

SCREAMER

A Mother’s Strength

Crawls on bloody knees to protect her young,

Would rather die than betray her child’s blind innocence,

Chokes on the creaking silence of an unanswered call,

Lies awake in empty rooms fighting back a torrent of tears,

Summons courage from deserts of dry wells,

Shows up with a pail of forgiveness every morning,

Stares down dismay for years, on end.

Her love is fierce. Her love is granite. She thinks she is god.

Attitudes

Weather Forecast

Wanted

Dear Son- 7/31/09 Thinking of You

Letting Go

Philosophy

Meditation

Contemplating the Wind

Stuffing it all down

Choices

Codependent

Mendacity

Choices

Keeping Records

Dear Son—8/1/09

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