Reborn From the Ashes

This collection gathers the raw, unfiltered truth of a woman who refused to stay broken. Doris A. Bohanon’s poems rise from the deepest layers of lived experience—trauma, loss, survival, accountability, and the fierce work of becoming someone new. Her voice moves between storm and stillness, between mythic imagery and intimate confession, transforming pain into power and memory into something sacred. These poems explore what it means to confront the past without letting it define the future, to rebuild a self after years of silence, and to choose healing even when it feels impossible. Through vivid emotional landscapes, ritual-like language, and the steady pulse of resilience, Bohanon write