Agnes M. Cowan Livres

Reading between the lines, this book reveals much about the author's journey through life. The youthful, starry-eyed years produced the poems of sentimental, sometimes euphoric, expressions. But, as some wise person once described, 'after going up fool's mountain and back down again to face reality squarely in the face', more realistic language and views emerged. Griefs, losses, disappointments had tempered the poet's eye, but the smaller things of life seems to prevail in the author's unending romance with life, wherein a birdsong at dawn or an unexpected snowstorm, becomes worthy of the sharing. The ultimate revelation is complacent acceptance of life, though not always what it seems, with all the valleys and summits, but an exciting adventure that has been, at least to the author, well worth the trip.

Many people often come to a crossroads at some point in their life. Ron Fisher has come to his. His choices are not all that simple. His life has dealt his a bad hand of late, and he sees no alternative except to run away from all his pain. Haunted by a mysterious recurring dream and looking for solace and answers from a desert-dwelling Brooklyn Tattoo artist, Fisher is about to take a long journey to find himself.

This new collection of poems spans sixty-three years in the life of the author, progressing from the more romantic teenage years to the present view from "the far side of life". Two previous publications, The Poet's Eye, which was nominated for the Poet of Year award by GWA, and Potpourri, are resurrected from the same dormant storage box of compositions sporadically recorded on anything at hand as the author went about the business of family and business involvement. ENCORE, as well as her previous publications, should appeal to all age groups, regardless of gender, because of the diversity of subject matter reflecting emotions, observations and events experienced or witnessed by the author with such intensity as to beg recording. Photos have been added to this collection relative to certain poems including While Watching the Funeral of John F. Kennedy, as well as poems and scenes inspired by her husband's fantastic and beautiful gardens. Animal lovers should be captivated by photos and poems inspired by family pets. The readers of this book should anticipate tears from some of the poems, amusement from others, and perhaps from all a closer look at life through the probing eyes of this poet.