Category: Poetry
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THE GIFT OF RUMI by EMILY JANE O’DELL
Rumi is one of the most beloved poets. His poems are about love and beauty with a lot of mystical and spiritual meanings. This book delves into those things. When put in the context of Islamic mysticism they become something deeper. Emily Jane O’Dell has studied Sufism extensively at Harvard, Columbia, and the American University […]
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PARIS, 7 A.M. by Liz Wieland
The acclaimed, award-winning author of A Watch of Nightingales imagines in a sweeping and stunning novel what happened to the poet Elizabeth Bishop during three life-changing weeks she spent in Paris amidst the imminent threat of World War II. Before Elizabeth Bishop was a famous poet, and a faithful keeper of journals, she had an adventure. What? […]
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Broken…
I came to you broken A million jagged pieces asking you to give me back what I was. Raging against the storm the rain stinging my face I demand this Give me back my self I need to know myself I need to see myself I beg, I plead, I cajole but there is only […]
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Father’s Day Thoughts
It’s been 6 years since Daddy left us. I can’t say the other word yet. Not any where ready for that. Every day I think of countless things I need to ask him. How do I get these deer to stop tearing up my yard? Can I shoot a turkey out of season if it’s […]
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Forty Rooms by Olga Grushin
In the book Forty Rooms, by Olga Grushin, it seems to all come down to choices. We see her life through forty rooms. First the rooms in her families Moscow apartment. Each room is a choice, or a decision to be made and the next room is the outcome of that choice. The first […]
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