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I’m here to help you understand grief and loss through a different paradigm: the Hurricane. In 2022, I lost both my husband and my father within five months. Writing became the way I stayed in conversation with grief.
Poems of Empowerment in the Face of Loss
Every soul has been grazed by loss and grief at some point in life. Daily, you make a choice on how you will live your life alongside that grief: in silent pain or opening yourself up to life’s creative outlets to express that pain.
By reading these poems you will gain a new perspective on grief, one that normalizes your feelings, and helps you feel like you belong to a community of people who can live with the grief they carry, rather than burying it or moving through it, because, as grievers, we all know that there is no moving through grief.
– Pegasus Publishing
“Grief is a Hurricane, is not your typical book of poems. Rather, it is Robin’s incredible story of grief told with poems.”
– Catherine McIntyre, retired social worker
Grief doesn’t follow a timeline.
And you don’t have to navigate it alone.
About Me
If you’re reading this, grief has likely touched your life.
I know this terrain personally. After losing my husband and my father within five months, I found myself navigating a storm I never expected.
Writing became my way of understanding grief and eventually, helping others understand their own.
Ways to Work With Robin
Robin offers opportunities for connection, reflection, and shared understanding through:
A supportive space for creatively expressing your feelings around grief and loss.
Robin shares her experience and the Hurricane paradigm at community events, workshops, and gatherings.
Join Robin at local expos, readings, and conversations about grief and healing.
Free guide
A simple, compassionate guide to help you navigate grief, one small step at a time.
Praise for the Book
“Reading Grief is a Hurricane takes us on a restorative journey through the rawness and pain, transcendent moments, integration points of grief. You will visit stages of survival, mending, and revival. The healing power of nature is present throughout. What a gift this book is to anyone experiencing loss and the soup of emotions that come with it.”
– Lisa Tener, Author of the multiple award-winning book
“As this collection deftly navigates a hurricane of loss, the speaker stands in the evolving vantage points of authority, healing, and self-cultivation. She invites the reader with her to a new kind of acceptance, a living alongside grief, and the kind of homecoming that no one wants—yet one that comes for us all. This book is an unforgettable field guide through the storms of devastation back to the quenching thirst of hope.”
– Sage Cohen, author of Writing the Life Poetic
Grief does not move in stages or timelines.
It shifts, returns, intensifies, and softens much like a hurricane.
Some days are calm.
Some days bring unexpected waves.
Some days feel overwhelming.
The hurricane metaphor offers a way to understand grief as something living and changing, not something to finish, but something to learn to live alongside. This paradigm creates space for all emotions and honors the reality of grief as it truly unfolds.