Resilience: Re-Sil-Ience : \Ri-Zil-Yn(T)S\ 1: the Capability of a Strained Body to Recover Its Size and Shape After Deformation Caused Especially by Compressive Stress 2: an Ability to Recover from or Adjust Easily to Misfortune or Change (Merriam-Webster).

By April Frances Federico

Reader: as I learned over the years, you must make mistakes. Accept your demons. Accept imperfection, because that way, you will learn. Even Hester Prynne embroidered her Scarlet Letter. – A.F.F.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664141575

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Dedication

POEMS:

Wasn’t there one girl who made a paint brush out her own hair?

The day I met my best friend, Katelyn

April and October

Punching Bag

A Bland Salsa

The Royal Mermaid

Perfection is a weakness of mine

Paradise Lost me, but I know it’ll find me again

My first trip without my mother

A withered sarcophagus at the MET

Miracle of even a Single Pentacle

Life is a Masterpiece

I’m back on Saint Anselm’s Campus

11:11 a.m. on 11/11/18, 24 hours and 25 minutes after I call it off

Take Advantage of an Upcoming Opportunity

Beantown: Friday, September 28, 2018

Victoria’s Secret Love Spell

Nothing is more bitter

Silver Lining

Pas de Chat

Black