Debby Curreen
I have lived in the Far North for over 40 years, on and off, with a family homestead inland from Taipa, in Doubtless Bay.
I have self-published three collections of poetry and a collection of short stories and currently have a novel submitted to publishing houses
All four collections have a distinctive New Zealand feel and the novel is set in the Mapua, Nelson region.
I have also tutored Spoken Word/Poetry workshops and presented my books at several Northland libraries and other venues.
Genre:
- Poetry
- Short Stories
Skills:
- Editing
- Novelist
- Short Story Writing
Branch:
Northland
Location:
Kaitaia
Publications:
The Long Cold Nights of June
My healing story of when my brother, Hori, passed away by suicide in 2006.
My hope in sharing my poems of grief, pain, denial, bargaining and hope is that people who have lost loved ones to suicide may be able to relate to my words and that they will help in some way to heal.
The five stages of grief help set a guideline and give you an indication of what you may experience, but once again this too is fluid and the five stages continually swap around inside your head throughout each day.
I have loosely titled each section of my journey, with my own messy “stages of grief”.
Eventually, thank God, we do find acceptance and we do move on but we never forget and we never stop missing our loved ones.
All of these stages of grief fade with time and life slowly returns to a different ‘normal’, but a peaceful one where you can accept your darling’s fated decision to say goodbye “on their terms.”
And yet even still, after all these years, I will never forget those bitter, sad and lonely cold nights of June 2006 and every June since.
