Life Poetry

Following the classic Japanese haiku structure that has made it such a popular and beloved form of poetry, Just a Passing Moment in Time offers us a window into human life, an event that is a brief moment in eternity but a powerful and everlasting odyssey for everyone it touches. Author and poet Brett C. Persson invites you on a journey to discover the fullness of human experience, weaving imaginative wordplay that explores everything from the mundane to the extraordinary. This collection will give you a newfound perspective and appreciation for the little things in life.

In Vortex Street, world traveler and author Adam G. Fleming shares poems and humorous flash fiction from his travels to Thailand, Congo, Belize, Egypt, and beyond. Between poems and stories, the author's son, J.J. Fleming, provides sick beats for relaxing moments as you think about what you're thinking about. Has there ever been a better audiobook? You bet! But if you're looking for fresh, innovative stuff that breaks all the rules, you've got it in Vortex Street. Enjoy!

Chapter two from "Life Bites" - this chapter conjures with the ups (and downs) of love.

Chapter one from "Life Bites" - this chapter takes a sideways glance at the lighter side of life.

Chapter five from "Life Bites" - a collection of adaptations and stories with darker and lighter themes.

Chapter Seven from Life Bites - this chapter dispenses (good and bad!) advice for those willing to accept it.

From Patrick Ware comes, Life's a Sprint: The Allegory of Truth; a poetry collection detailing the author's spiritual journey from 2017-2019. Succeeding his first two collections, which were poetic memoirs of the journey, LAS details everything Patrick has experienced under the sun.

This audiobook is about a passion for writing. The poems contained herein are a selection of many I have written. They are a variety of many places of the mind and in our times. Throughout the years, I have been in contact with some special people and some special places. I have been offered a rare opportunity to be a part of recording things as I saw them. It is great fun to rearrange words to give a different meaning to what we thought we already knew. I will continue to write poems for those who enjoy reading them, including myself.

Book 3 introduces you to friends and acquaintances and the story poems I've written for them for special events in their lives. I've changed the names of all the recipients, but not the actual poems I wrote for them.

My love for travel has led me to a lot of different places leading to interaction with a wide array of people. Some of them being very special, I wanted to remember those encounters. Hence I started portraying them through my poems.

Book 1 introduces you to why and how I started my writing career, not only through my rhyming verses, but also via the background information accompanying each unique poem. In this book, you are introduced to my son Jodi who has autism and whose disability proved the catalyst for my rhyming poems and verses. I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

A Life in Rhyme - My Family is the second book in a collection of rhyming story poems I've written over a period of years. None of them were initially written for book publication, but I have received such encouragement from friends and family about them, I've decided to compile the verses into four different titles. Book 2 introduces you to my family and the story poems I've written for them on their special birthdays and anniversaries.

A book of dark poems written by R.M. Spears in times of despair and sadness. Sadness and darkness are natural cousins. Since ancient times, people have worn black to express their grief. The poems in The Darker Side of Life may seek to romanticize sadness and depression.

From the creators of Odyssey Honor award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga comes this companion book of truths about the history, contemporary laws, policies and struggles, and victories of Native Americans, presented in lyrical verse by 12 children, and each with the powerful refrain: We Are Still Here.

Did you know that Paul Laurence Dunbar originated such famous lines as "I know why the caged bird sings" and "We wear the mask that grins and lies"? From his childhood in poverty and his early promise as a poet through his struggles to find acceptance as a writer and his tumultuous romance with his wife, to his immense fame and his untimely death, Dunbar's story is one of triumph and tragedy.

These poems beautifully convey that our spiritual journey equates to dancing with life; that dancing with nature is the same as community; that dancing with the spirit is the same as ministry. As we listen to these poems, a story slowly emerges, a story that is only our private and intimate story, one that others will never see, offering us an opportunity to discover our personal rhythm in the dance of life.

The Vita nuova is elaborately and symbolically patterned, consisting of a selection of Dante's early poems interspersed with his own prose commentary. The poems themselves tell the story of his love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party in her father's house, through Dante's sufferings and his attempts to conceal the true object of his devotion by the use of "screen-loves", to his overwhelming grief at her death, ending with the transformative vision of her in heaven.

Anikwa and James, 12 years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring together in the forests of the Indiana Territory. To Anikwa and his family, members of the Miami tribe, this land has been home for centuries. As traders, James' family has ties to the Miami community as well as to the American soldiers in the fort. Now tensions are rising - the British and American armies prepare to meet at Fort Wayne for a crucial battle, and Native Americans from surrounding tribes gather in Kekionga to protect their homeland.

The foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators - including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander - share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this powerful collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.

When Lonnie Collins Motion was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now Lonnie is eleven and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his friends, his little sister, Lili, and even his foster mom, Miss Edna, who started out crabby but isn’t so bad after all. Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson’s lyrical voice captures Lonnie’s thoughtful perspectives of the world and his determination to one day put a family together again.