The Life of Poetry

The poet often taps into what Jung called our collective unconscious, giving voice to our humanity and meaning to our struggles.  A good poem, therefore, tells us something we already know. When we read it or hear it we say, “Ah, yes.” An exceptional poem tells us something we are on the verge of knowing. When we read it or hear it, we say, “Oh my!”                                                     
                                                                                                          ~ Charles Kinnaird

Consider Poems for Hungry Minds, available at Amazon. Perhaps some of the poems will make you say, “Ah, yes.” Maybe you will say, “Oh my!”

From the Preface:

This anthology gathers the voices, wisdom, community, fellowship, and longing for a better world through awareness, deep examination, and the joy of poetry. The HIGHLAND AVENUE POETS are a long-standing community of southern poets meeting monthly to workshop, edit and collectively refine their work.

Poetry slows the urgent world and grants a focus on life within it. The discipline practiced by these authors has occasioned a kind of communal joy - poems that reflect a community of compassion for the world.

You are invited within.

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To take a peek at the first pages, check out the Amazon site here. 

Books may also be purchased at Barnes and Noble here.

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