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Broken Shadows: A Book of Poetry

by J. Holland

85 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-0142; ISBN 1-55369-329-9; US$14.00, C$15.95, EUR11.50, £8.00

Transitional and introspective poetry from 1998 to 2002.

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About the Book Transitional and introspective poetry from 1998 to 2002.

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About the Author J. Holland lives and writes in Oregon.

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Table of Contents and Sample Excerpt

PART ONE BROKEN SHADOWS SECTION ONE Arrow Bon Voyage Overrefinement Photomicrographs The Migrant Worker A Working Family River Stones Metastatic A Wall of Loose Bricks The Briny Deep Broken Shadows When Is Your Due Date? SECTION TWO Mother's Pain Stiller Tropical Storm Edgardo Croquet in London with Sylvia Dementia Seascapes A Fragrant Spring Breath A Small Yellow Flat A Child Singing to Mr. Service Thunder and Rain Mourning Eyes A Sunset with Hands Quietly Waiting The Pact Nashua, Mt Defeat A Day with a C.N.A. A Holland Lop at 14 Many Interpretations The Pawnshop Last Storm of Winter 2002

PART TWO AMERICAN HIGHWAY Synclinal Slopes A Rhodalite Heart The Sand Man Farewell Lateralization Second Chances Commonality A Colossus Women A Puppet American Highways Bittersweet Popcorn Reinventing Ethereal Love Bare Feet Day Room Men in Black with Black Hats Automation Ineradicable All the Little Tears Skulks Brink of the Willows Fire Black Cherries Divine Mid Morning Dew Breathtaking Triumph Tranquil Purple Light Rain and Earth A Break Up Acclimatize Triviality

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Quietly Waiting

I sit and wait
In my loneliness and pain
Searching for love.
I long to lie next to your warmness
To soak up my coldness.
I long for your soothingness
To smooth out my roughness.
I long for your calmness
To ease my shaking legs.
I long for your saneness
To balance my creativeness.
I sit here waiting for true love
That never came.

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