Forty Poems* for Forty Pounds
Forty Poems* for Forty Pounds
Poems to be read by the refrigerator light...
After battling food, weight, and self-esteem issues for years, Trish Dougherty, a poet, mother, and graduate student at the Bread Loaf School of English in Middlebury, VT, decided to employ her strengths of self-perception, humor, and the written word to wrestle her demons to the ground. Forty Poems for Forty Pounds is for anyone who has struggled with self-worth through their relationship with food. While touching upon the shame of diets, the pressure of media-shaped expectations, and search for self-love, Forty Poems for Forty Pounds weaves the constant battle of weight as a reflection into all aspects of life, whether it’s looking at the stars or the shaping a “tall and slender” piece of pottery. Forty Poems for Forty Pounds is an engaging collection with vulnerable, humorous, and insightful poems that will remind anyone who endures a similar daily challenge that they are not alone and that self-acceptance is a choice for the “now” and not a reward to be earned “some day.”
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About the Author
Trish Dougherty
Trish Dougherty is a poet, mother, and lifetime member of Weight Watchers. She currently works in Education Studies at Middlebury College, is pursuing her post-graduate degree at the Bread Loaf School of English, and finds sustenance in her weekly writer's group that meets on Mondays in the Bixby Library. Her extensive thoughts on gardening can be found in the Garden Club series published in the Zig Zag Lit Mag. She currently lives in Vermont with Jim, her husband of twenty-five years. Trish has a knack for humor, beer, and filling her recently emptied nest with projects when she’s not writing.
