Books by Ella Kate Reeves

Patchwork Majesty: From Trauma to Transcendence by Ella Kate Reeves is a very powerful and inspirational poetry collection that combines vivid images, notes, and poems to unveil the nakedness of one soul, Ella, and her transformation from death to life. It could be read as the journey of a soul from darkness to light. This collection features powerful themes, including love and family, life and death, hope and despair, but what will immediately strike the reader is the way the author injects humanity into her writing. Ella will talk about her trauma of the birth of her son, which killed something in her as a new soul took root,and she captures her rebirth in these powerful lines:"An electrical impulse Surges through my soul I'm suddenly conscious So awake."Ella Kate Reeves's poetry is written in a rhythmic style and in a tone that is arresting. She has the creative gift of conjuring up powerful images that flood the minds of readers. The writing is soulful, insightful, and measured. Here is an insightful line that captures what it means to be human: "Our humanity is our heart's kindness and compassion." The author has done a great job in offering some explanations to readers, helping them understand why some of the poems were composed.Patchwork Majesty: From Trauma to Transcendence is the kind of poetry that will entertain readers yet will prompt them to ask existential questions that allow them to reflect on life, on pain and suffering, and the reason we are here. I enjoyed the simplicity of style, the confident writing and the words.A work of unique artistry woven beautifully.

Ella Kate Reeves is a dance and movement therapist and an accredited psychotherapist. When illness struck leaving her unable to dance she wrote. Life has seen many challenges come her way . She shares these challenges through her unique poetry collection.Testimonials Anne Geragthy (Author)"Kate's poetry is not only original and beautiful it is challenging and visionary. Her poems take us into her journey and, as we read them, her struggles and surrenders become ours. She takes us with her into unfamiliar terrain, where her words themselves become elements of a living landscape. And Kate's journey is neither mundane nor predictable. She is living with challenges and demands that would floor many of us, yet she manages to transmute pain and loss into mystery and wonder. Kate's poetry performs the great alchemical transformation - from the chaos of human suffering into the creation of beauty, love, truth and a wisdom that knows there is something greater than pain and struggle, greater even than death. And this is the true beauty of her poetry. It shines with a light we all need. Thank you Kate - keep writing!"Miranda Jay(Psychotherapist, Musician)''Gritty. Real. Raw. Potent. Ella Kate Reeve's poetry merges her lived reality with divinity, catalyzing our own awakening. An alchemist of our times extracting the soulful essence of truth, she casts her irons in the fires and we feel the heat as her words burn away. Her poetry is alive and lucid, a kind of Plutonic medicine that dances into our soul; an intimate waltz with death, loss, transformation and rebirth. Her poems should carry a warning label:Read at your own risk."Lisa Lovebucket(Author)"'Ella Kate Reeves is a new archetype: the kind of human being we need at the forefront if we are to weather the oncoming storm and come out thriving when the sun shines down on us once again. Kate can burn up the pain of the world in her little finger; envelop and annul it with her words; beguile and disperse it with her dance. Like a phoenix rising through an ice storm, she shines her light and warmth all around, melting hearts and inspiring minds as she soars ever upwards. Her every action abounds with the beauty and grace with which she conquers suffering and hardship, overcoming personal trials and adversity, and leading us all back to the light: a majestic homecoming 'indeed."Ross James Brown(Dancer, Poet)"Your words directly connect me to the place I feel whole, complete, breaking through layers and layers of deep truth, taking me on little internal journey, powerful, so inspiring, gifted soul!"Joe Hoare(Psychotherapist)"Ella's poetry is not for the faint-hearted, the pretenders, the sheen & gloss brigade, and 'look-but-don't-feel'. This is raw, real stuff and it rips the soul in agonising ecstasy. Please keep writing."Wanda Ponder(Life coach/Yoga teacher)"Your poetry just leaves me reeling, dumbstruck, not sure what I'm feeling, your heart and soul bared to the world revealing, your inner truth, no concealing, and your words filled with so much magic and healing..."