Category Archives: Poetry
A Once-Again Open Forum
The past summer has been a difficult one for me, and Divinest Sense has definitely felt the effects of neglect. However, in a slow but unquenchable trickle, people continue to register as users, and I feel compelled to continue with the project and not let them down. I am issuing an open invitation to you artists–even if you believe you are not an artist, you are–to send in work. Contact me at divinestsense.media@gmail.com Continue reading
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The Drop-In
by N.J. Sherberneau Since its beginnings I have visited the local drop-in, a place where my peers and I meet to play cards, share a cup of coffee, and enjoy some conversation. It’s a sanctuary from the stigma of society, … Continue reading
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“Labels” — A Sonnet
You say I’m, “schizophrenic”—what is that?
The label on the jar I’m prison’d in? Continue reading
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Freedom
I never saw my best pals killed by bullets,
Without getting right back up
To play another day Continue reading
Signposts to Paradise…
Let my Life be a Sign-post pointing to Paradise—
Let me shake, high on my post in the stiff winds
That, in spite of all the noise swirling around me,
I might remain faithful—a still and steady Pointer.
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Peer Support Specialists
I see it was a few, compassionate, social workers that helped make the choice between quitting, or facing the serious consequences of abuse. Now the role of caregiver has come full circle. Though I’m not a social worker, I am a Peer Support Specialist Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, caregiving, peer support, recovery
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Mental Illness Poem
What you made weak
Battles make us strong
What we feared
We’ve overcome
Our pain is teaching us
Hopelessness looks hopeful
Helplessness is supported
Dullness gone,
Now Shining Through
We’re still standing