A Dove Released
Poetry and Praise
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Inspiration "...all that we have accomplished you have done for us." Isaiah 26:12 Words fly like birds across the page. I the novice, you the sage Whose truth and wisdom you impart As you direct the mind and heart And keep them lifted on their course. Inspiration, you the source. Thoughts once weighted by the night Freely glide across the white. Faith awakened and increased Forty doves to you released.
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About the Book
This book is a collection of forty poems- forty being a biblical number. A quote from scripture introduces each poem from which the work gets its inspiration. Biblical imagery is used throughout. In "The Trellis" a grandmother and a granddaughter share the faith ("blood-related not once but twice...thanks be to a sacrifice.)" Jesus is the Living Water in a poem about a Roman aqueduct ("Je Crois, I Believe"). The friendship between a knight and his squire is a "smooth gold coin" in the poem, "Thoughts on Cervantes' Don Quijote de la Mancha." While the themes are varied, they all point to Jesus Christ and the Gospel.
About the Author
Patricia Niemann is a member of the Presbyterian Church in American (PCA) and a former Spanish teacher with degrees in political science, Latin American Studies and journalism. Patricia grew up playing the violin and enjoys classical music and playing violin in an orchestra. She has traveled throughout Europe, the Caribbean and Central America speaking Spanish and French. Patricia lives with her husband Greg in the suburbs of Philadelphia. They are the parents of a grown son and daughter.