Anam Cara and Selected Poems
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Sweetest Song (For Dawn) My lovely wife, my spine and central core: two hearts conformed, sit reciting day by day–a ceaseless piece–preparing for the time when bodies split and cannot play. A song so sweet, we lovers cannot stop, nor bear, we fear, one lover leaves the set; our days are gifts which we determine not, and each is given death's certificate. We etch this magnum opus from the heart –this masterpiece for God which we perform– and love divine arranges every part, and His sonata plays throughout life's storm. Once gone from earth, may songs in which we play make angels weep and God appreciate.
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I recently released Anam Cara (a Latin phrase meaning “Soul Friend”). The book is a selection of two sestinas, several Shakespearean sonnets written in traditional rhyme and meter using contemporary language, several free verse poems, four haiku, each of which demark four chapters, one limerick, and one performance poem Imagine a young man’s awakening when he walks down a dark path to look at a lunar eclipse, and when he walks away, he has a clear vision of true love. “Falling in Love with Selene” will take you down that dark path. In the sestina “Psalm of Sleep,” the narrator attempts to conjure you into a joining the narrative as part of the living, breathing language that will seduce others to sleep–an exhilarating journey!. In “The Man Who Carried Me,” the author invites you to join his 3rd Great Grandfather (a mid-19th century missionary with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) on an arduous journey, pushing and pulling his wife on a handcart odyssey across the Great Plains. Lastly, in a series of 5ive poems, I tantalize the reader to experience God’s preparation for dating, courtship, proposal, and from wedding day to post-marital bliss and beyond; these romantic interludes are a great read for those in the throes of love! My poems carry a flair for the whimsical, but they are about everyday events which everyone experiences. Thank you for looking at my Chapbook! Please pick up a copy for yourself and someone you love.
About the Author
Donald Lindsey received a BA at Webster University in English (Creative Writing). His collection strums the heartstrings of faith, family, spiritual life, and the whimsical– and frequently on his love for the Church, the Body of Christ, and his neighbors. He and his wife make their home in Owosso, Michigan with their two Australian Shepherds.