Summary

Monoreena, a writer diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, shares her journey of becoming a poet and her experiences with publishing her work in a global poetry anthology, "Moments of Eternity," while also discussing the impact of her health condition on her writing and her participation in a live session for Medium Day.

Abstract

Monoreena, who has been navigating the challenges of an autoimmune disorder, reflects on her transformation into a poet and writer. Despite the difficulties posed by her health, she has managed to contribute to the international poetry collection "Moments of Eternity," published by Dancing Elephant Press. This book features her work alongside that of 14 other talented poets from around the world. Monoreena also recounts her experience of conducting a live session during Medium Day, where she openly discussed her health struggles to raise awareness and connect with others. The session, which included co-panelists Somsubhra Banerjee and Manali Mitra, was well-received and has inspired plans for future literary discussions and poetry readings from SoulBay.

Opinions

Monoreena expresses a sense of accomplishment and surprise at her own ability to share her health journey publicly, highlighting the importance of authenticity and the impact of her live session.
She acknowledges the rarity of live sessions reaching significant viewership, taking inspiration from the success of her own session and others she has enjoyed, such as those by Sam Aureli and Somsubhra Banerjee.
The author conveys gratitude towards the editors of "Moments of Eternity" for their effort in creating a beautiful keepsake and towards the poets who contributed to the anthology.
Monoreena is hopeful and enthusiastic about future literary projects and the potential for further engagement with her audience through on-camera discussions and poetry readings.
She finds the process of journaling and writing to be therapeutic and transformative, particularly in dealing with her autoimmune disorder and the associated fatigue.

Published/Live Session/Art of Living

How My Diagnosis of an Autoimmune Disorder made Me a Poet and Moments of Eternity Happened

From Realms of Dream to Reality

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So Here I am after a Year

A Medium Round Up and a Gratitude Note

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No-Wifi-hotspot-enabled existence doesn’t work well with Medium. This also means notifications dry up or become slow to arrive. But that perfectly matches with my speed now, as the season changes its attire and my autoimmune demons look for comfortable chairs to sit on. Initial days are difficult as you have to reset your system to the desired speed, dealing with your fatigue and getting ready for another brumal long haul. What feels different is the aloud-journaling inching towards its second anniversary and wondering how redundancy can brew fine, aromatic arabica beans when you learn to find the seeds hidden under a thick layer of snow……

I can’t wipe out a smile from my face as I sit down to write this article which is somewhat due — not many days ago would I think this was even possible.

But here they are, adding to the year’s glossary, which makes me more introspective about my ways of dealing with my life before. You learn from your mistakes and in your quiet space know they are the cornerstones of reaching this place today, with a little more confidence and knowledge about Me. So, without much ado, here we go —

Moments of Eternity: A Book of Poetry

Getting published is not something new for me but this one is special.

Though I have been part of Poetry anthologies closer home, this has been a collaboration with poets around the world, whom I read, admire and write along side. When Dr. Gabriella Korosi warmly kept a note asking me to participate in this global collaboration to be poetically bound, these were good reasons to agree.

The Book, titled “Moments of Eternity”published by Dancing Elephant Press houses 14 talented poets ( and me) and poems from them which is on racks in all book-selling platforms.

Listing Poets:

William J Spirdione Dr. Fatima Imam Warren Brown Sanghita Pal Divya Goswami Leah Lynch Buddhi Ruparathna Christopher Grant Carmen Micsa, MA in English, podcaster Lisa Precious / Smiley Blue Garima Sharma Nancy O & Me

Thank you to the Editors: Dr. Gabriella Korosi Annelise Lords Dr. Preeti Singh Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, for taking such effort to create this beautiful keepsake.

Each poet has ten of their poetries and you can find some wonderful reviews by the fraternity once you take a look at the book, available with Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, Apple Books Scribd, Vivlio, Smashwords amongst some others, in both paper back and e-versions.

Find further details as compiled by Editor Dr. Gabriella Korosi here :

https://medium.com/dancing-elephants-press/the-gift-of-books-and-poetry https://medium.com/dancing-elephants-press/moments-of-eternity

The Cover has been designed by Annelise Lords which has lend the book a unique look.

I sincerely hope you will find the paperback/e-version and let us know what you thought about it !

How My Diagnosis of Autoimmune Disorder made me a Writer and Medium a Poet: Live Session,Medium Day

I have to pinch myself to believe I did this. Switching on the camera to share my journey of health ordeals thus far and for the world to see how an autoimmune flare looks like?! But you know in this online world where there is a raging debate on authenticity, it is important to makes the right noise and it is after a lot of deliberation did I decide to go ahead with this Live Session, though the date suggested my flare in full swing.

I wanted to give the words I having been sharing thus far a ‘face’, which can work better towards understanding the problem.

If your intent is right and goals clear, you can overcome inhibitions in a way it’s not only useful for others but also fruitful for yourself.

Because I found this figures pretty interesting as I did a quick check. Of 223 videos of the sessions uploaded and 219 available for viewing, only 4 has crossed 200 views including mine/ours as of now.

This is not to take away anything from the other sessions, but only taking some serious encouragement and inspiration. I have tuned in to some of the sessions by my poet/writer friends which I actually enjoyed. To mention a few: Scribe sessions with Sam Aureli and Somsubhra Banerjee.

I also enjoyed conducting my/our session (much to my surprise) and found chatting with my co-panelists Somsubhra Banerjee / Manali Mitra a very relaxing experience. And yes, we have plans to go ahead with some more on-camera literary discussions/ poetry reading sessions from Soul Bay in times to come. I will speak about it in some details when it’s time to cross the bridge.

Time to sign-off. Hope this finds you having a good day.

Till we talk again, Monoreena