More Than What You See By Silvaan Ruth Raven
A book of poems written by Silvaan Ruth Raven about her struggles with dyslexia and what it is like to grow up with Dyslexia.
“Despite my dyslexia,
I wrote on and off again when I was younger
But it wasn’t until I was 15 that I decided to write a book–a novel.
I struggled to write it for years. Never thinking about poetry.
Poetry was something I did when I was under emotional distress,
which wasn’t often.
So, it wasn’t until I was in a relationship that was going wrong
that I realized how much easier it was to tell a story in poetry.
During this time I learned that I think, and speak in stanzas
more than sentences and paragraphs
and if I were to break them down in that way my dyslexic paragraphs made more sense
(at least to me) and with a little tweaking can make since to everyone else.”
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