Quintessential Listening: Poetry

DIANA ROSEN is an essayist, flash writer, and poet whose first full-length book of flash and poetry, "High Stakes & Expectations", was released in spring 2022 from The Tiny Publisher. She has published in online and print journals and anthologies throughout the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, and the U.K., including Rattle, As It Ought to be Magazine, Mad Swirl, and Potato Soup Journal, among others. She is also the author of 13 nonfiction books on food, beverage, and lifestyle topics and currently writes about tea, coffee, and spices for various websites. She lives and works in Los Angeles, where her "backyard" is the 4,000+acre Griffith Park, the largest urban green space in the country. To read more of her work, please visit www.authory.com/dianarosen. To order her book, please visit www.thetinypublisher.com. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Domestic violence is a serious violent crime involving physical and emotional abuse. It is frequently hidden from public view. Many victims su