This Too Shall Pass is a collection of short stories based on the premise that goodness and spirituality will always prevail. The collection opens with Dignity, a take on Paradise Lost and moves forward with two stories born in the Garden of Eden-And the Earth Cries, the Fall of the Garden told from the Gardens point of view-And the Earth Cries Part II, a story of the events of 9/11 from a dogs point of view. The story I.M. is a complex story of two fathers going in the wrong direction who...

Childhood is sometimes marred by violence, pain, and abuse but revisiting those once familiar streets can be healing. Vincent Moore's In Melancholia explores the darker side of childhood lived inside the cracks of poverty and abuse and yet it is not without hope. The candle shines brighter and the songs are sweeter as a young boy stands poised at the edge of manhood.

In an apocalyptic afterlife, where scripture is perverted by the morally corrupt, a young woman becomes the eighth wife to the prophet of a celestial family. Following the marriage ceremony, she gains entry to the family's homestead where its high stone walls and wards protect them from the waste. But, by taking her to be his wife, the prophet invites someone unexpected into his loving embrace. Celebrate the Everlasting, for there the righteous find tranquility and love. And to those undes...

Filled with words of love, adoration, and of the pain of passion, I reflect my sentiments toward my life journey. The greatness that I see in God and the splendors I see in all His creation are made manifest through words from my heart. At times, when I was spiritually exhausted, the Lord Himself inspired me and gave me words of comfort which I was compelled to record on paper. And when my flesh began to get the best of me, I was constrained to write in order to release that which was burn...

My book was written with love, each poem has a reason, and each reason for me is personal. Poetry becomes very private almost like reading someone's diary, an open book that looks into the poet's heart. No other way to write, because each person goes away with his own interpretation. Whereas, The Bible has only one way to interpret it. My book are my feelings not my interpretation of God's word. I'll leave any and all interpretation alone. Sometimes poetry turns people off, maybe like me, ...

The poet Patrick Phillips brings us a stunning third collection that is at its core a son’s lament for his father. This book of elegies takes us from the luminous world of childhood to the fluorescent glare of operating rooms and recovery wards, and into the twilight lives of those who must go on. In one poem Phillips watches his sons play “Mercy” just as he did with his brother: hands laced, the stronger pushing the other back until he grunts for mercy, “a game we played // so many times ...

Anytime you are feeling low in your spirit, there is always a poem or two that can capsualize your feelings. God has always said in his word that he will never leave you or forsake you. The poem "If I Knew" speaks of my personal experience of querring where my son could be. He's been missing for 16yrs. Thinking about my son's disappearence puts my soul in a dry and thirsty land. I believe all you have to do is stand upon his word, "Standing on His Word" will always enable you to remain cal...

Being a mother of three I certainly know the challenges that every day life can bring. But, what about the painful past? How does one cope with horrid memories of an abusive childhood? How does one overcome the guilt of years of alcohol and drug abuse? How does one grasp the very threads of life and maintain a mere existence in a world filled with much corruption? I can tell you that the Lord Jesus Christ is the One Who lowered the pistol from my right temple and gave me hope in my meaning...

The perspective of the non Christian in a subculture society during 1971 experimenting with alternative life styles, music, and hallucinating drugs were prevalent, it was Libbys desire to write from their emotional perspective and capture this time in history whereby the cold war with Russia created a dooms day cataclysmic effect on the minds of a subculture generation who grew up to turn on and drop out a generation waiting for the next shoe to fall as Nikita Khrushchev had pounded the po...

Have you ever seen something so beautiful in Gods created world that it took your breath away? These poems are an expression of joy and gratitude to the God who has inspired me through the days of my life by the beauty of His created world. He is the one who has opened my eyes to see His attributes expressed in the world. May you see Him in new and different ways, drawing you closer to Him. May you hear Him speak words of encouragement and peace, bringing you comfort. May joy fill you to o...

My writings have no boundary because I feel all the peoples joy and pain. In this book, I pour my heart out about the nature of mankind and question mans love for his fellow human being and God.-----This collection of poetry says a lot about the reality of life and the hope for humanity. Some of the poems point out wrongs and some show the path to the solution. Themes like love, betrayal, politics, religion, poverty, wealth, and family are all highlighted. ----With simple language and easy...

Psalms of Sonorous is a book of free verse truth, magnified by Gods love. It was transcribed by the Holy Spirit through the faith of one believers heart and then poured out on paper for the glory of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Most High God.Love, worship, and obedience are words that describe the walk of faith. Within these pages, the reader will discover varying degrees of openness, self-reflection, and a fearless will to be closer and move forward to and in Christ. The author o...