Category: Poetry Publisher: By Dr. Bill Misner Ph.D.
ISBN-10: 1300160462
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 39
Copyright: September 4, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781300160465
SORRY - OUT TO LUNCH! is a collection
of poems and writing By Tennesse
Folk Artisan, Joan E. Campeau.
A rich tradition of artistic folk literature exists among the Scottish, Irish, Celtics, Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Norwegian, Polish, Bengali, and now, from the Volunteer State, USA. SORRY – OUT TO LUNCH! book consists of poems and writing composed by Tennessee traditional folk style author, Joan E. Campeau. Mrs. Campeau paints in colorful prose scripting her touching canvas from living life. Here messages illustrate familiar struggles many of us unfortunately face. This novel expression uniquely captures how to survive, finding sure help in the outstretched arms of God…
Excerpt
THE ROSE
It starts as a seed
Buried deep in the ground,
With water and sunshine
It should come around.
You nurture and care for it,
Day after day,
Then slowly a sprout appears
Early in May.
Excited and anxious
Insecticide in hand,
You spray all around it
And then soak the land.
Then finally it blossoms
Full of lovely scent and color,
Then you pluck and admire it,
“Oh, how it’s blessed with splendor!”
Yet slowly the petals
Fall of one by one,
Till the stem is left hanging
By itself, all alone.
It’s lifespan so short
Yet a wonderful part,
That a rose lasts forever,
Engraved on your heart!
FIVE x FIVE STARS!
This is a refreshing Book review of going through life's most difficult problems...from someone who did. Joan Campeau weaves in her folk-art style genius notes that make you cry one minute, laugh the next, and wonder where on earth did she get that!!! As her publisher (and a biased Dad), I am pleased to report that when I started to review her work, I soon realized it is a very special 5-STARS+++ gift to those down-home "Folks" who need to know that God loves them...just the way they are.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
Inspirational poetry, written from the heart and soul. Verses that are well-suited for reading on a rainy day and that are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
