{"id":1266,"date":"2010-01-08T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T14:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2010-01-08T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T15:31:57","slug":"dominican-in-canada-releases-book-of-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/dominican-in-canada-releases-book-of-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican in Canada releases book of poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1273\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Jozan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1273\" title=\"Jozan\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Jozan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joszann St. John<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joszann St. John, a Dominican living in Canada, has released a book entitled \u2018Wounded Bird No More.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The book, her first, is a collection of poems which explore a myriad of subjects including love, life, nature, and experiences in Canada and Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, one of the more emotional poems \u2018World\u2019s Children\u2019 showcases the plight of poverty stricken children in Africa. Another poem, \u2018Londonderry River\u2019 captures the essence of Dominica\u2019s lush beauty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe book is an inspiration to everyone, especially girls and women. The author wrote the book to empower other women as she empowers herself. The book&#8217;s title, &#8216;Wounded Bird No More&#8217; suggests a breaking away from past hurt and injustices. The work is a self portrait of a woman embracing her destiny, of finding ones higher self, and being brave enough to take risks,\u201d the press release states.<\/p>\n<p>St. John moved from Dominica to Canada in 1996. She is a former student of the St. Andrews High School and the Clifton Dupigny Community College. Currently, she is pursuing studies at York University in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Wouned Bird No More is said to have an emotional intensity that grabs the reader. The book was released by Xlibris.com and is available at www.xlibris.com\/WoundedBirddNoMore.html.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1284\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Book-Cover-Wounded-Bird-No-More.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1284\" title=\"Book Cover Wounded Bird No More\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Book-Cover-Wounded-Bird-No-More-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Book-Cover-Wounded-Bird-No-More-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Book-Cover-Wounded-Bird-No-More.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joszann St. John, a Dominican living in Canada, has released a book entitled \u2018Wounded Bird No More.\u2019 The book, her first, is a collection of poems which explore a myriad of subjects including love, life, nature, and experiences in Canada&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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