I released my first poetry book A Little More Time in December of 2015. This was only a few months after I took the stage to share my poetry for the first time with an organization called This Is My Brave. Before this I was deathly afraid to share my work. When I was struggling with bipolar 1 and depression I felt that my books had been used against me. There were only a few times in my life that I felt comfortable enough to share my journals with anyone. Those few times ended up in break-ups and long stays in psychiatric ...
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I released my first poetry book A Little More Time in December of 2015. This was only a few months after I took the stage to share my poetry for the first time with an organization called This Is My Brave. Before this I was deathly afraid to share my work. When I was struggling with bipolar 1 and depression I felt that my books had been used against me. There were only a few times in my life that I felt comfortable enough to share my journals with anyone. Those few times ended up in break-ups and long stays in psychiatric hospitals. I guess I never realized that my perception of all that I deemed wrong in the world seemed so far fetched? I guess I never realized that my fears would turn into paranoia which was perceived by society as psychotic? I guess I should've known, but I didn't. It's all well and good that others wanted me to get help and relief of these symptoms and persistent thoughts. The problem was that after my hospitalizations I was told by many not to write. I was told that it was not healthy for me. I was told that writing was the problem. This always left me feeling riddled with guilt and shame because I was writing how I felt. So basically when I was being told not to write, I was being told not to feel. The doctors told me not to feel. The meds made me not feel. And now those closest to me were encouraging me not to feel. There was never a more empty period of my life.A Little More Time opened up the door for me to feel again. I thought that after I wrote it I would be done. I mean how many more books could I write? 1 seemed fine. This lasted about 3 weeks and then the flood came which I titled "Letters to the Universe; Letters to Myself. Envision a 4 month daydream in which you begin to make peace with the Universe and then realize that the whole time you were really just making peace with yourself..Joseph S. Fusaro's follow-up poetry book to A Little More Time (2015).*****"The three poems I have read spoke so directly to me it was almost scary! Scary and awesomely amazing!" -Author & Artist Kamilah Simone, about Meanwhile on Earth; *****"This collection of heartfelt poems provides hope for the lost, instills a sense of belonging in those who have fallen out of touch with loved ones, and most of all, reminds us that love always wins." - Jennifer Marshall (Creator of This Is My Brave) about A Little More Time; *****"To have your words at my immediate disposal is one of the greatest tools...It is where I feel safe and comforted." - Writer and Singer Danielle Fiorello, on Joe's poetry books;
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