sage after vice: from out of my mind, and into my heart in Bloomington, MN

Beautiful and complete phrases, poems, and meaning. Written to be read, published to breathe, with words which please. Words printed to create thought and compassion. Read in time. Rest your hands. Come along with the author and take a stand. More than one hundred and forty representations of feelings in form. Reading through the storm with art to stir and to steady the soul. poems as windows to a soul, unrestrained by a social role i begin life sitting behind the curtain, i now write to stand front and certain My stories inside are objects of pride. With seasoned reason and some rhyme, a lifetime of topics reside. There are starts and stops with personality parts and many soft darts. This book is a parade of poems and an array of ideas. The poems are a gallery of personal impressions. They present a life's line on exhibit, a glimpse inside a hidden mind and healing heart. I grew in self-knowledge and expression while working on these poems. There is a parallel growth in the expressive nature of the poems as each chapter evolves. The chapters unfold as my life has drawn on. Each chapter runs concurrently in time and takes a broad hold around the poems they cradle. The poems are reflections and impressions of interpersonal interactions during my growth and development. Framing a life's norms presented in chapter form. Born in silence and wandering in darkness, growth in prayer and renewed in friendship. To be in wonder of the wander, and the faith born in passing, the end of the walk can be in love. Each verse serves as reflection and recognition while I have gone my way.