Purple Imaginings

About the Book

Purple Imaginings Book Summary By Barbara Gurman My poems encompass my love of nature, life and humanity and show how everything is interconnected in this divine process. I wrote the following poem based on what I saw and felt when I was looking into a playground, and its theme reflects my philosophy. “Our Life Force” Feeling a summer breeze through my hair, I watch two young people bounce a small white ball over a net, first on one side, then the other. Nearby, basketball players aim as their ball flows through a hoop, or springs off its rim into the hands of another player--their turn to fulfill their dreams when the ball goes into that magical place. Children on candy-striped beach towels rest, while others splash in puddles of water showered from a nozzle up high. Feathered iridescent specs of magenta, ebony and alabaster, drink from a pool of water--a manhole cover-- only a few feet away from where I am. Above a radiant, red-orange sphere beams its precious light on us all, a reminder of how important everyone and everything is, wherever we are in this grand scheme of things called life.

About the Author

I was born during a world at war in January 1944. A Dr. Spock baby, I survived inexperienced parents, orthodontia work, M.S. and more. In the midst of this, I Peer Counseled M.S. groups, facilitated Mediation and Spiritual groups, and counseled people. A divorce helped me give up being we, so I could be more of me and then there was poetry. Now this form of expressing and this new me, is learning how to just be. I reside in New York City, yet my spirit is everywhere. Namasté Barbara Gurman