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Announcing the Release of
Days of Fine Gray Ash
(a poetry collection)
by Monica E. Smith
A REVIEW: by Chris Mansel (M.A.G.)
This is a book of poems all about the subject love, and a very good one at that. Ms. Smith writes with a voice endearing to the ear that is silent, to the hands that grip the cold steel of a hospital bed, and the reader standing alone on a book store aisle. Nikki Giovanni calls this book, "A wonderful point of exploration." Those are accurate words, as none of us will ever swim the entire length of the tossing and turning river of love. The finest poem in this very exquisite collection is entitled, Revelation. Here is an excerpt:
In the stillness of a winter night\As the snow began to fall,\I heard him through a distant light,\ To me he faintly called\ I answered, though I did not see\The one whose voice I heard.\ I knew him when he spoke to me\ And bade me do not fear
These words flow right across the road in a storm that will either make you pull over to the side or risk a love you haven't experienced before.
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original cover idea by Graphic Magic Ink
We have all known "days of fine gray ash"--moments when only the warm, lingering memories of love and friendship remain. But how to regain that love, once lost? How to rid ourselves of the pain and loneliness? Within these pages lies the priceless gift awaiting us if we would simply reach out and give of ourselves. It remains only for us to stoke the fire, free the hope that lies smoldering in its embers and love again.
--Monica E. Smith
(from Days of Fine Gray Ash)
Read what Poet/Author Nikki Giovanni has to say about
Days of Fine Gray Ash
Nikki Giovanni Endorses Days of Fine Gray Ash:
"There are some things, cotton candy, roasted peanuts, cloudy days with storm clouds brewing, that quite naturally make us want to curl up in a favorite chair, wrapped in a favorite quilt, with a good book in our hands. If that book is DAYS OF FINE GRAY ASH the day will have been successfully navigated and you will have arrived at a wonderful point of exploration.-- Nikki Giovanni, Poet
or , if directly ordering from Monica, SEND:
$10.00 plus $2.00 s/h
to
MONICA E. SMITH
8990 SR 287
WEST LIBERTY, OHIO 43357
*music playing: "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker)
