The Nature of Poetry

About the Book

The journey of life with Breast Cancer unfolds with fear, courage, strength, hope, pain, and sometimes despair. Our daily battles are surmountable with the comfort of nature that brings us fleeting moments of peace. These poems and illustrations reflect the inner struggle and strength within each of us as individuals and mirror the celebration and determination of life in forests, seashores, and mountain streams. Vernal Ritual celebrates this tenacity of life: Vernal Ritual Unfurling skunk cabbage maroon spikes breaking skyward through crusted March snow. The illustrator, Sue Kempinski Hennessey, is a six year survivor of Stage 3 Breast Cancer. The Nature of Poetry is written to celebrate our mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, and friends who are survivors or are battling breast cancer and to our loved ones whom we hold in our hearts every day we live. A portion of the proceeds from each book will be donated to Breast Cancer research. Your purchase brings us one step closer to The Cure. Books available at www.xlibris.com/bookstore online bookstore.

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