Category:  Poetry Publisher: CarpaTempke ISBN-10:  1607029200 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 34 Copyright: September 15, 2008 ISBN-13: 9781607029205 The author and artist share how they manage to hurdle roadblocks and weather life's sudden showers by focusing on the scattered rainbows they meet along the way. Scattered Rainbows  Excerpt   THINKING   You are driving. You ask, “What’s wrong?’ I lie. “Nothing.”   I would like to take you walking with me through the caverns of my mind, but   you would comment on the shapes and colors of my galleries, ignore my explanations.   You would inquire about the empty spaces and I would have no answers.   You would be frustrated with the chaos and confusion in some of my rooms.   It is best you wait outside.   I will come back for you later maybe.

Scattered Rainbows Volume II
Clovita Rice - Editor of Voices International; Lifelong member of Poetry Society of America; Recipient of the Arkansas Award of Merit and Arkansas Poet of the Present

"This second volume of Circle of Life Trilogy focuses on the rainbow refractions Carol L. Funke and Patricia A. Oplinger have encountered in life and encourages their readers to intuit things beyond their substance".

Scattered Rainbows Volume II
Cathy Demko - Artist recognized by the National Arts for the Parks; ranks in the top 18% of Oil Painters of America; an Official United States Coast Guard Artist
"The poetry, beautifully written, exposes life as we have all experienced it. After reading the first few pages of this book, I realized life is an unwritten poem and there are many canvassess to be painted".

Scattered Rainbows Volume II
Barbara Longstreth Mulkey - Past President of Poets Roundtable of Arkansas; Longtime Director of Arkansas Writers' Conference; Past President of Arkansas Pioneer Branch of NLAPW; author of numerous volumes of poetry

"From its striking yellow cover to its memorable phrases and artistic renderings ... a rainbow lover's pot of gold ... a spiritual collaboration between author and artist".