Ports and Portals

By Katryn Broadoak

In Ports and Portals, the reader is invited into a world where grief and grace coexist as the poet guides them through an inner emotional landscape, creating a narrative grounded in self-discovery, self-acceptance, self-love, and love for something Holy.

Written amid the uncertainty of a breast cancer diagnosis and the quiet courage of recovery and survivorship, Ports and Portals offers an intimate glimpse of one woman's path through illness, healing, and rediscovery. These poems explore how we rebuild faith-in ourselves, in love, and in something greater-and remind us that one need not have faced serious illness to find resonance in the theme of growth and renewal in the face of adversity.

Though born from one woman's experience, this collection speaks to anyone who has faced profound uncertainty and allowed it to transform them. With honesty, humour, and a touch of irreverence, these poems explore the universal themes of motherhood, love, spiritual tension, and the reconstruction of faith. What emerges is both confession and revelation: a testament to endurance, awakening, and the sacred work of learning to love oneself anew.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3HY3N4Q
• ISBN13: 9798267152419
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"