Emotional Fissures offers a compelling look into nine tragic months of author John Winchell's life during 2008. He experienced a broken longstanding relationship, principal job/housing loss and the sudden death of his youngest sister.This condensed timeline of fateful events forced him to navigate a labyrinth of fear, uncertainty, grief and loss. With no intimate support system, poetry became John's primary coping mechanism, creative outlet and confidant.The results are an epic inner journey of emotional catharsis leading to intense introspection and spiritual evolution.