Book excerpt: In a vulnerable but courageous debut, Dany M Hatem leads us on a journey of self-discovery through love, loss, pain, hope and the ultimate rise. Flowers of Poesy: Eighth Day is a song of the heart, a dream of the dreamer, the recognition of the infinite source of light within us all. Featuring drawings and paintings by Leana Regina and Carmonn French, art is woven lovingly through poetry, creating a delicate fabric of the passages of life, which, if lived, is art itself.