{"product_id":"remembering-softly-a-life-in-poems-paperback","title":"Remembering Softly: A Life in Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Lawton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonest poetry coming out of everyday life, joys and struggles, keen observations of nature, family, friends, and faith.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautifully-presented collection composed at various times throughout the author's life. Many of these poems have been published in national periodicals and are collected here in book form for the first time. Together, they offer a spiritual and emotional memoir of a life of searching faith, faltering bu constantly clinging to hope, while learning to love. Both metered rhyme and free verse are employed. Original color illustrations are interspersed among the 73 poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the INTRODUCTION\u003c\/strong\u003e (copyright 2016): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoets compose poems and readers enjoy them because nothing quite distills the feelings of a moment as does a piece of verse with its resonance, sound, and form. A poem comes from someplace in the heart. And when read, it can reveal something about the heart. Like music, it may employ major or minor tones. I hope the poems in this volume, selected expressions from each stage of my life, will touch a chord for you, my reader - perhaps in a major key of delight or consolation; perhaps with minor overtones of grief or longing. May you find something here to illumine your path and lighten your soul at whatever place of life you find yourself. \u003cp\u003eFrom my wanderings in and wondering about nature; from opening more and more to the Divine; from faith, family, and friends; out of noisy living and quiet places; out of whelming emotions, questionings and questing ... come poems to help cope, to make sense of it all, to ennoble earthly life. In crisis has come hope; in fear has come faith; in fragility has come strength; in joy has come affirmation; in loss has come bounteous grace. I want to remember it all, but softly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI.Poems from Adult Years (in reverse chronology)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Cleft of a Cold White Rock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeights of Glory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarth and Heaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSnow On Good Friday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod's Anvil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGladwin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Man With a Sword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsolation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn My Heart an Altar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonging For Home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSitting In the Grass On an Autumn Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the Reunion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod's Inexplicable Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving Wounds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Walk Along the Poudre River\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhymes For Grandchildren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaves On the Cladach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Saying Good-bye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I Hadn t Looked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a Walk In Ferndale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Walk At Dusk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAffirmation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvening Light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree 'First' Poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod Plus One Is a Winning Majority\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA River Is Flowing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCleansing, Healing and Deliverance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFootprints In the Snow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe Calms the Storm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWindow Washer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntidote\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod's Husbandman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWings of Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy Me?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Asters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeafy Lament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe Prays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's Fall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShadows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenewal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleep Baby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII. Poems from Childhood and Teen-age Years\u003c\/strong\u003e (written under the pen name Katie Estell)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeditation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaydreams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Thoughts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDreams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Have a Friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Larry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe Loves Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLimerick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Like To Eat!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolution For a Soul In Torment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a Beautiful Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46123648516293,"sku":"9780989101455","price":28.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/BNWZvGI9FK9780989101455.webp?v=1777010481","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/remembering-softly-a-life-in-poems-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}