100% authors royalties goes to the Non Profit Charity Take Back The Night. 100 pages for only $6.95. Buy your copy! Amazon Amazon.co.uk Froogle Createspace Journey to 1000 From the back of the book: The internal struggle and sadness that only we can know, when alone in our darkest hour. The life changing joy and absolute euphoria we rarely feel. The pain of tragedy, when your whole world implodes and nothing will ever be as it was. ...and yet you continue to provoke the night brings the darkest poetic essence of our lives to the forefront for all to feel.  Enjoy three poems, one from each chapter. Chapter: Within A Walk in Time Silent on the eve of Carpe Diem. Wandering a course of Lightening and sunshine kisses. To cry through someone else’s eyes, if only for a second to relieve her heavy laden heart. The spider of passion creates a webbed cloud of despair Heavy on her soul - the silver lining poisoned by venom. Yet she wanders a course of lightening and sunshine kisses A demure concourse of solemness and despair create an emergence of bitter memories, Constant on - Steadfast on - Never on - Or Death? Chapter: ...and yet you continue to provoke the night Untitled Who will procure the heart? Everlasting happiness Or the decay of time? We never foresee the Trials just around the bend Will we continue tomorrow Or cease today? The mind does not fathom Contemplating this daily Until the final moment arises And we are left with that only. Chapter: Daily Grind  Untitled I still realize my love for you At this very moment, Standing on this very second, Wrapped in this insignificantly Quantifiable amount of time. The overwhelming nature Of it begs for more But I will take what you Can produce on a daily basis And know it is your all.                       Excerpt One more poem from Within: The Great Butterfly Chaser Running thru a field of daises In her favorite overall's and Wonder Woman tee-shirt So proud she dressed herself This morning before Playing in the dirt. The Great Butterfly Chaser Barefoot on the grass In a child's fantasy Fishing net in hand. Free as the Mourning Dove My little green eyed princess in a summer wonderland. She Chases After Butterflies Drifting away on a cloud The subtle morning breeze playing in her hair. Where sweet innocence And angels play without a care. The Great Butterfly Chaser With mischievous eyes Net poised above her head She seeks out her opponent Alas... The butterfly takes wing in a display of green eloquence. She Chases After Butterflies The game again is on Both floating off the ground Her little butterfly soul Almost Heaven Bound.

Review and Giveaway - And Yet You Continue To Provoke The Night
This is a beautiful book of poetry, filled with poems inspired by a tragedy, love, daily writings and more. Shawn Ness has dedicated this book to Nicole Joslyn and Alan Lowrie of Milwaukee, WI who were killed in a senseless act of violence in 2004. Because of how this tragedy touched Shawn Ness, he decided to do something rather wonderful. Not only is he dedicating his book to the families of these two young people lost too early, but he is also donating 100% of the royalties of the book sales to Take Back The Night, a charity dedicated to stoping Sexual Violence.

Since 2001, Take Back The Night has been a 501(c)3 publicly funded charity with the mission of ending sexual violence in all forms and lending support to survivors. The grassroots efforts over the last thirty years in the form of marches and rallies around the world, flown under the banner of Take Back the Night, are the energy and spirit behind our mission!
What Shawn Ness has challenged himself with is to sell 1000 copies of this book. When Shawn contacted me, I knew that I had to read the book and help him get to his goal. This is a beautiful collection of poems that touch the heart. On top of the beauty of his writing, you have the beauty of his goal. All of that is why I am recommending this book!

My rating: 5.0 stars

Christine Plaisted - Books4moms.com