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|  | | Iridescent Waters-Song singing My Song
The title suggests something opaque, which is to say not clear.
It speaks to the very foundation of surface presentation. On the
surface I’d project that all is well and normal. It is not until you
look beneath the surface, you see my waters for what they truly
are, still, muddy and murky. Waters lacking oxygen, devoid of
that which allows it to flow and breathe. In my life this missing
ingredient deprived my soul the ability to manifest to its intended
existence. Unlike a rambling brook, a majestic lake or a rampaging
river, my waters lacked the oxygen needed to be cerulean. As I
look back on my past of Iridescent Waters, trying to discern what
was real and what was recklessness. I’ve come to discover that
much of who I thought to be, wasn’t who I ought to be, never
close to who I sought to be. It is not until I’ve almost lived my
whole life through, that I’ve come to grips with my past, and forge
ahead rejuvenated with the precious oxygen that allows my
Iridescent Waters to flourish sparkling and azure.
Iridescent Waters is my solo project and sophomore effort. I
write poetry because it is therapeutic to me. Poetry affords me the
opportunity to express my thoughts without constrictions. I write
about those things I believe, and also what I conceive. Poetry
allows me to write with reality, induced with fantasy, and
unrepentant fallacy. The poetry in “Iridescent Waters” is a visual
journey, imagery will be the main focus as you witness a coming
of age. Follow along as the comedy, and tragedy that is love
perpetuates my struggles with family life and spirituality. | |  | | My Daddy My Daughter Words in Motion
This book is a collaboration by father and daughter, affirming a family bond and appreciation and love of poetry. My Daddy My Daughter offers a candid glimpse at their intimate and personal expressions, with a degree of social outcry as well as real and imagined observations about life. When Aja writes, she uses her pen to meta-morph her feelings into poetry. Aja’s eloquent poem, “Words of the Unspoken Generation,” tells of the struggles the youth of today are facing and how they are constantly fighting to be what their parents want. Aja tells all who will listen that today’s younger generation is lost for a myriad of reasons and needs help.
A family affair:
We can’t build our house of love from splinters of sticks.
Loves foundation is cemented by stone, mortar, and bricks.
Wesley Allen Mack
I’m thankful for the tears and the painful commotion,
they’re the reason why my words come to motion.
Aja Sherri Mack
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World As Refuge
by Chiemi
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 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. |
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