Beauty, poetry & prose elude her/
locked somewhere in the deep recesses of her soul/
vexed, she struggles to set them free/
but is hindered by the possibility/
of futility/
the standards set/
by her own mindset/
they seem unattainable/
too rigid/
too lofty/
to sustain/
creativity's proclamations/
she struggles to overcome/
her own battles/
with perfectionism/
she struggles to release herself/
from her fears/
she struggles with her giftedness/
she struggles to impress/
her inner poetess/
because she perceives the verses/
b4 conception/
& their flawless image/
haunts her........
This is my personal inspirational book of poetry. It contains many poems written for family, friends, and relevant life situations. Hopefully you will find some that will encourage and inpsire you in whatever arena you are found in your circle of l
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th