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Creeping Shadows
Price range: $3.99 through $30.99The son of John and Viola Hastings, author Swede Hastings was born in 1941 in the small town of Roseburg, Oregon. In his early years, the family moved about the western part of the United States, following the fruit and work available. His family later returned to Roseburg and bought a small farm.
In 1958 Swede joined the US Navy. The next year there was a major explosion in the city of Roseburg, devastating the town. Swede, age 18, received emergency leave to help his family. While on leave, an accidental hunting tragedy resulted in his 15-year-old brother’s death. Due to the emotional trauma, he was suffering, Swede was institutionalized in California, where he had relived details of the accident. It was this tragedy which inspired him to write his first poem, Creeping Shadows.
Once released from the hospital, Swede found that keeping busy kept his mind off the accident. Throughout different highs and lows of his life, Swede would turn to words as an outlet. As with his first poem, the page seemed to hold the answers for dealing with things too emotional to confront any other way.
Swede feels that there is a time and place for each thought to be expressed, and we all have our unique individual ways to express our feelings. Since the experience of accepting the Lord, Swede believes that the best is yet to come.
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Reflections on Being Human
Price range: $3.99 through $27.99This special addition of Reflections on Being Human contains 150 exquisite poems, written by Dr. Nirander Safaya after his retirement from a brilliant scientific career. These poems portray the thrills and challenges of life and love in general and the saving grace of spiritual light and wisdom in particular.
The poems are divided into three thematic parts-Life, Love, and Light. The structured arrangement of poems followed in this book allows a coherently flowing exploration of human feelings, emotions, and aspirations, and of the human behavior; thus taking the readers through a panoramic journey of self-discovery. The verses are eloquent and evocative, with dazzling imagery that touch the senses and soul, delving into the pragmatic, romantic, and spiritual longings of human beings. These lucidly written verses reflect on, and expose, the secrets of achieving success in love, peace, and happiness.Positively uplifting and illuminating, Safaya’s poetic work is reminiscent of classical poetry, for it is deeply thought provoking about human nature and condition. Foreword Clarian Review wrote, “Reflections on Being Human works toward truth and self-actualization with many poems hinting at ultimate perfect unity …surprising imagery to uncommon and timeless effect.” Kirkus review remarked, “This earnest collection tackles serious questions…[c]onsiders the subject of love both abstractly and concretely.” An editor at iUniverse, A. Spencer, wrote, “these poems have a rare intellectual and spiritual depth as well as lyricism.”
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On the Way
Price range: $3.99 through $27.99When William (Dub) Brooks and George Sayre first met, they soon realized they shared a mutual love for Ireland’s northwest coast. One had a passion for writing verse. The other had a love of photography. They decided to spend a month together in Ireland viewing with their separate lenses and combining their views in this book. There were four driving mechanisms.
Most of us dream of taking a “time out” to go on a journey. Virgil and Dante come to mind.
The two authors have a yearning to see Ireland again but in a differing light. It would cover thirty-three days of grand effort and joyous exploration.
That prism being also enhanced by the frame of raw winter. Who knew a Nor’easter would blow through the island and captivate and intrigue the people in the grip of HY’s unique brand of cold? It certainly added flavor and character to the sojourn.
The basis of our journey was threefold.
One was to capture the powerful hues and chromas of Ireland. No other land hosts such verdancy.
The second was to trace the various and sundry foot paths of W. B. Yates, writer after the Irish manner, romantic and modernist, dramatist, poet, and passionate believer who proclaimed Ireland’s wondrous brand of seeing and expression.
Dromahair (Lough Gill), Drumcliff, and Sligo being our northwestern home base.
Lastly we wanted to follow and appreciate the establishments and creative works of St. Cohlumncille, artist and author of Celtic Christian communities and hand-drawn books from the sixth century CE.
We hope that our journey inspires your own freeing journey of the heart that allows each of us to realize and to expand our inner horizons and to liberate our souls’ deep desire to see. -
My Paper Children
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99A book of photos and poems by Michele Heeney spanning 45 years, from the mountains of Western Pennsylvania to the sixties in San Francisco and beyond. It includes photos and poems from West Africa, Mexico, Hawaii, the central coast of California and New Mexico.
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Particles Of Truth In Fractured Sunlight
$24.99Particles Of Truth In Fractured Sunlight is a Book of poetry and thoughtful reflections written by Peter McDonough Sr. It is an exploration of multiple themes across various perceptions always with a common theme of seeking truth. It is a window into the world the author has experienced living in Maryland just outside the city of DC his entire life. It represents a relentless search for purpose and meaning.
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Take Any Ship That Sails
Price range: $3.99 through $22.99This 5th book of Michele’s spans 45 years of writing poems and thousands of miles of geography. It is a selection of poems from when Michele was in her teens in Pennsylvania to recent poems inspired by the beautiful mountains and Mesas of New Mexico. There are poems from Monterey and Main counties, California. From times spent writing at Esalem in Big Sur. A few are from her time in Hawaii. They cover nature, love, art, and personal growth. There are some of free verse and classical form. Her favorite poets are many, including the sufi poets Rumi and Hafiz, the English and Irish poets, including Seamus Heaney. If you love poetry this is a book for you.
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The Polka Dot Chair
Price range: $3.99 through $22.99Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Michele Heeney found her outlook changed when the ’60s lured her to San Francisco.
Californian for many years after that, she also lived in Marin and Monterey Counties–as well as on Maui–before moving to New Mexico. She now makes her home in the town of Cochiti Lake on the Cochiti Pueblo reservation south of Santa Fe.
Besides writing poetry, her loves include bicycling, shopping at thrift stores, and photography, which she began underwater in her years as a scuba diver.
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Keep The Change
Price range: $3.99 through $22.99This is Michele Heeney’s second book of poems and photos. She has lived in Marin and Monterey counties of California, and also Maui, Hawaii. Michele now lives and writes in New Mexico. Her house is on the Cochiti Reservation, just south of Santa Fe, in the little town of Cochiti Lake.
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The Castalian Crave: A Collection of Poems
Price range: $3.99 through $21.99The Castalian Crave: A Collection of Poems, by Fletcher DeWolf, is worth far more than an hour of everyone’s time. Each poem is meant to be read, deciphered, and read again. The degree of this work’s depth will instill energy in the lackadaisical and offer serious contemplation to the erudite.
The freshness with which Mr. DeWolf delivers his messages intensifies the readers’ awareness of the inner recesses of our minds and the workings of our souls and hearts.
Multifaceted meanings result in an exquisite torture, forcing one to pause and consider while hungering for more.
Castalian Crave: A Collection of Poems is a book of epic proportions, bringing lovely rhymes to the times in which we live.
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The Monkey Tree
Price range: $3.99 through $20.99This is michele heeney’s third book of poems and photographs. Michele has lived in marin and monterey counties of california, and also maui, hawaii. Michele now lives and writes in new mexico. Her house in on the cochiti reservation, just south of santa fe, in the little town of cochiti lake.
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Reflections III: The Magic Beyond the Pain: The Journey, My Impact, Their Impact
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99This book reflects life-each and every one of us in our journeys as all of us inevitably end in the same place. It is our journeys, individually and those we share time and space with, along with the many souls on four legs that define the happiness inside. It is also imperative that we find ways to help the world we live in-for those many starfish that ended on the beach, and for each of those starfish that we can throw back in the water,-well, one more life we have saved. Inevitably, it is the lives we save that actually save us-aren’t they? They fill our souls with energy with that special feeling that we mean something that we actually are all connected but to live life with purpose-well that is ultimately the most fulfilling of all important feelings. To each of you I hope you fill those moments in the simplest of ways-giving back, and pay forward to become the power and energy that will save us all.
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Poetry for the Soul: Plus Satire
Price range: $11.99 through $18.99God’s spirit can fill our very soul;
We are restored, and love reigns whole.
God blesses freedom and allows you to choose,
But those who steal freedom are destined to lose.
Bad thoughts from the past can be banished at last. Then your heart is set free to be all you can be.
What you think is what you feel.
Emotions are but mirrors real.
The Lord will protect better than ever we can,
For even in the worst of times, He can perfect His plan.
What sets this collection apart is McPhee’s versatility as a poet. Each poem is a testimony to her ability to seamlessly transition between introspective messages and razor-sharp wit….Yet beneath the humor lies a deep sense of compassion and understanding, reminding us that laughter can be a powerful tool for introspection and growth.
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Intuitions: Book of Poems
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99Intuitions Book of Poems is a book that took four years to write. I wrote this book after my mother passed. I hadn’t done any writing in twenty-two years. Once I started writing I wrote three books in ten years. Intuitions was one of the three conceived. I have a total of six books completed. I only write when I’m inspired.
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Poetry and Thoughts Throughout My Years
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99Growing up in Ohio, Mildred Thayer Carneal enjoyed all the pleasures and pains life had to offer. But it was when she entered third grade that she realized how she could express herself through the magic of poetry.
Written over fifty-eight years, from 1954 to 2012, Poetry and Thoughts reveals Carneal’s life from childhood through adulthood by using anecdotes, thoughts, and poetry. Her words reveal a diverse perception and a keen attention to detail, and each section is filled with vivid imagery.
Whether Carneal reminisces about the apple trees and cows of her childhood, meditates on the emotions of motherhood, or inspires others to remember the true reason for Christmas, her accessible language and thought-provoking turns of phrase will encourage you to think about God and where He is in your life today.
Enjoy the comforting feeling of God’s hand caring for those you love or the memories of times shared with loved ones now grown or gone.
Whatever inspiration you need, you’ll find it in Poetry and Thoughts.
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Intimate Exchanges: Passion Paradise
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99First in the mind then all over the body! The arena of our mind is where the struggle begins and will end as long as we are aware of our inhibitions and
commit to eliminating them. In order to win the battle between enjoying sex and just doing it, we must fuel our intellect with blissful intercourse! These creative writings consist of thoughts, feelings, and some facts and are not based on any particular experience or person. To this end, I hope these intellectual episodes prepare your mind, stimulate your imagination, and make you really horny to a point you will be dripping with . . . Let your imagination run wild and free for her or him!
