Light and Dark: Poems of Passion

By Kristie Kiessling

Love trips the heart to wild beating. Breathless ecstasy threatens to stop it. Tremendous suffering tears the body, or rends the soul. Emotions both glorious and horrendous produce sweat, tears and blood. They engage all sides, joy and pain, light and dark. They encompass the very essence of what it is to be human. All this wide array, this life experience comes together in one, intricate word: passion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kristie Kiessling
• Release date: Apr 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301241446

Kristie Kiessling

I was born in Collingswood, NJ. I grew up in a large family of creative people. My mother thought I was a wonderful child because I would look at picture books quietly in the living room for hours. I was 'reading' even before I could read, memorizing stories I loved. I've always wanted to tell stories. While my brothers were learning to play Chess (which I also learned well) I would use the taken pieces to tell epic tales on the sidelines. I wanted to be a writer who illustrated her own books even when I was in kindergarten. I've written poems, plays, songs (words and music) and told all manner of stories to my kids. With my three children old enough to pursue their own dreams, I'm diving deeper into 'serious' writing again. I've got my directions for the journey, why don't you come with me? I'll even pay for the gas...

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