The seven-time NAACP Image Award-winning poet unapologetically celebrates her heritage in a deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society and the depths of her own heart.

"A collection of poetry and prose about survival, about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity"--Amazon.com.

I hope my thoughts will be a help in the further meant of enlightenment for the citizens of our potentially beautiful and peaceful future of our planet. I am excited to present this my fourth book of philosophical poetic thoughts. This volume is dedicated to ideas both ancient and on the cutting edge of science, spiritualism, and beneficial reasoning. How these things are related in this day and age to what I believe to be the most productive and...

Jean Marie wrote this book during some very difficult trials. She always relied on God for her healing. Her book is about God first, then family, friends, and her two cats. She loves all these with her whole heart and soul. Jean Marie Patty was raised in Anniston, Alabama. She has also lived in California, Florida, New Hampshire, and Atlanta. She studied at Florida State University and loved writing and art courses. She also loves photography....

The extraordinarily inventive Ukrainian poet and literary critic Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-1937), the son of a Catholic priest, died prematurely at the early age of 28 of pneumonia. Originally from the mountainous Lemko region in Poland, where a variant of Ukrainian is spoken, he was home-schooled for the first eleven years of his life because of frequent illness. He began to write poetry in Ukrainian after he moved to the Western Ukrainian city...

The epic poem Paradise Lost tells the story of the fall of man. The poem details Satan's journey to the Garden of Eden and his intent to destroy God's new creation, and examines the personalities and motivations of Adam and Eve, before and after the fateful temptation. Paradise Regained was published four years after Paradise Lost, and alternatively focuses on the temptation of Christ and the recapturing on all that man had lost in Paradise Lost....

James' Song is a compilation of verses primarily from the Book of Psalms and a few from Isaiah, Matthew, and Revelation. The author's love for the Psalms began while he was living in New York City (Harlem & Brooklyn). The idea of compiling verses was conceived while he was living in Omaha, Nebraska. Ray Reid composed music to accompany the author's recitation of verses, and the work was recorded on tape (circa 1993). The author has grown to understand...

Through the toughest trials; I have overcome. I have learned to appreciate every tragic ending to every perfect beginning. These are the stories that have lived to retell themselves. This is the perfect beginning, enjoy the journey.

Translating into words the worlds, of a young woman experiencing Life. Writing all the feelings I couldn't express, all the thoughts I kept secret. This is me, depicting a journey of questioning, healing, and loving. Releasing to you all the poems I never thought I'd share.

Life Lines is a compilation about poetry for the "soul." Life Lines examines the heart, soul, and mind Life Lines portrays an expression of one's deepest thoughts and feelings The threads of Life Line though variable run through each individual Life Lines provides comfort for life struggles and helps one overcome Life Lines ends with victory throughout life.