Category:  Poetry Publisher: Ansar Books ISBN-10:  1530323258 Pages: 176 Copyright: March 6, 2016 ISBN-13: 9781530323258 A wide variety of poems whose themes focus primarily on the human condition and what it means to live in today's modern and fast-paced world. This rare collection of poems offers a wide variety of subject matter and poetic styles. Each poem, in its own unique way, seeks to capture within its tone and phrasing the spirit of the modern world. John Herlihy as poet concerns himself primarily with the human condition and what it means to be both a human and a spiritual person in today's modern, fast-paced, materialistic and secular world. The poems are separated into four different categories, including a separate section for poems that explore the human intimacy with nature, portfolio poems that represent the heart and soul of the poet's output, narrative poems that tell a unique, individual story, and finally spiritual poems that focus primarily on the soul experience within the human condition, an experience that actually raises us up to fulfill our destiny as spiritual beings experiencing life in our human world.    Excerpt SOMEWHERE A FLOWER BLOOMS Somewhere a flower blooms, I cannot tell you where. Its true location is a secret, Known only within my inner room. It is enough to know that it is there, Sharing its beauty in the universal loom. I often see it clearly in my dreams, In the distance like a desert mirage, I lean forward to smell its fragrance, Emanating from this delicate corsage. But the dream at once escapes me, As though it were never there. Will I ever be able to recapture it, As I fall into a fathomless despair? Enough perhaps to know it exists, On the inside where hope resides. I need to look within my inner rooms, To know somewhere a flower blooms.

Simply Amazing
"The poems in this remarkable collection represent a wide varity of themes that are striking and impressionable. There is a sincerity to the poems that speaks volumes about what it means to be human."

The Spirit of the Poems
These poems contain a spirit that seems to descend from on high. They cover a wide variety of topics from "the aging tree" to "the sea at night." Each poem is a precious gem in its own right. These poems are a must-read, not to be missed. You will feel enriched by each one of them."