doorway

Mixed media collage featuring the poem "Can't Let the Day Get You Down" with vintage medical illustrations, IV drip, heartbeat monitor, wildflowers, butterfly, and hopeful symbolism about resilience, healing, and mental health.

Sometimes healing isn’t a dramatic escape—it begins with stepping through a broken doorway. Looking Out of a Busted Doorway reflects on releasing yesterday, embracing transformation, and recognizing that, like smoke, the pieces of us never truly disappear. The accompanying mixed-media collage layers vintage textures, symbolic puzzles, and luminous landscapes into a visual meditation on resilience and renewal.

when i say i’m ok

Written in the aftermath of betrayal, Dead Inside reflects on the painful realization that love can leave invisible fractures long before the heart finally breaks. Rather than chasing temporary distractions, the poem turns inward—finding healing through creativity, new routines, and the difficult work of rebuilding a life from the pieces.

ocean

Sometimes healing begins by letting yourself drift. This cosmic illustrated poem follows a journey through the ocean as a metaphor for emotional release, replacing anxiety with curiosity, resilience, and quiet confidence. Through starlit waters, sunlight, and self-reflection, it explores learning to trust yourself and the person you’re becoming.

phoenix

Even after devastation, life has a way of beginning again. This minimalist cosmic poetry illustration uses the phoenix, crumbling brickwork, and quiet moments of compassion to explore resilience, healing, and the strength to rebuild after loss. A visual reminder that what remains in the ashes can still become something beautiful.

realm

A dreamlike cosmic cartoon poem about drifting beyond expectations, escaping emotional noise, and discovering that peace comes from within. Through galaxies, birds, and rainbow-colored visions, the speaker learns to find meaning in her own universe.

beak

beak | Visual Poetry by The Ivory Rose

An illustrated poem about healing, memory, and transformation.