A Heartbeat From Disaster

A Heartbeat From Disaster

by Helen McCarthy
Publication Date: 09/05/2015

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Haiku & senryu inspired by the Great East Japan Earthquake, 11 March 2011. This collection of haiku in English is the poetry debut of author, speaker, designer and poet Helen McCarthy. Helen has written poetry since childhood, but only considered publication after tweeting haiku daily for over two years.


Poetry is an ideal medium for considering the appalling natural disaster that struck Japan and humanity's reaction to it. Haiku and senryu, Japan's spare and evocative poems of seventeen syllables arranged across three lines, address the natural and human spheres, reflecting a cataclysm in which humankind and nature were inextricably entwined.


The dignity and grace of the Japanese people deserve respect, but their suffering, like that of all disaster survivors, cannot be forgotten in a year. They have a long road ahead. All profits from this book will be donated to the Japan Red Cross to help survivors of this and other disasters.

ISBN:
9781465923202
9781465923202
Category:
Poetry
Publication Date:
09-05-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Helen McCarthy
Helen McCarthy

Dr Helen McCarthy is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has a D. Phil in the psychology of eating disorders from Oxford University. She is an expert in providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and integrates mainstream approaches with cutting-edge techniques from other areas of psychology.

Her clinical career working with individuals spans 28 years and she evolved her appetite retraining method over six years. She runs a weekly blog on her website and has appeared in the Sun, Women's Health and Marie Claire.

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