Poems to Use When Hiding from the Shadows

by Liz DeJesus

The Girl Once there was a girl, and although she never lied, she had no friends, even though she tried. All she found was music and books to keep her company and the tears that she cried. Hide them she tried ’cause she didn’t want anyone to worry so she silenced her tears and the screams that no one could hear. The girl went on with her life. Although you see her now and nothing is wrong…or so it seems but deep down inside she still screams….“A deep set of ponderings…in short, it is a marvelous book of poems, and every word tears and churns readable, realistic and engagingly intricate emotions…”—Roma Desai, author of Ways to Stay Miserable (Politics of Melancholy versus Happiness)

Paperback

Published December 19, 2005

About the author

Liz DeJesus is a novelist, freelance writer, and a writing coach. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) The Frost Series, Morgan, The Laurel, Girl, Mugshots, Zombie Ever After and ABC's With the Vejigantes. Her work has also appeared in Twice Upon a Time (Bearded Scribe Press, Winter 2015) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Her articles have been featured in Southern Writers Magazine.
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Liz is also the co-founder of the Hockessin Art and Book Fair, Anime Day and Bento Con.
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She is also the winner of the 2023 Delaware Individual Artist Fellowship: Emerging, Literature: Creative Non-fiction, ABCs With the Vejigantes won 1st place at the 2023 Delaware Press Association Communications Contest Awards and 1st place at the 2023 NFPW Professional Communications Contest. She was recently awarded the 2024 Artist Opportunity Grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts.