Where Does the Anger Go?: Poems of Rage & Joy, Love & Hate

“You need to toughen up!” “Don’t be so emotional!” “You worry too much!” “You’re too fussy!” “Just get over it!” “Relax!”

I heard these criticisms and other equally unhelpful remarks so often as a child. I wish I’d realized that what they were really saying was, “Stop being you. It’s making me uncomfortable. Be like everyone else.”

These poems, thoughts, and stories are what happened when life got too much for me and the only way for my head and heart to explode was onto the page.