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    Nova

    By Joanne Van Leerdam

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    Nova: "A beautiful ride through a beautiful mind." - Reviewer

    If you've ever wanted to read someone's mind, this book is your oppourtunity. 55 profound, honest yet beautifully written poems about life, death, and everything in between. .

    Explore with the poet what it is to be human: to love, to celebrate, to grieve, to feel pain, and to overcome, through powerful images of fallenness, hope and redemption. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoanne Van Leerdam
    Release dateFeb 5, 2017
    ISBN9781366391933
    Nova
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    Joanne Van Leerdam

    Joanne Van Leerdam is a poet, blogger, writer, thinker, puzzler, teacher, traveller, photographer and generally nice person. Despite having lived all her life in Australia, she has, thus, far, avoided being killed or consumed by any of the deadly wildlife, which is probably a good thing.  Other than Australia, Canada is her favourite place in the world.  In addition to writing powerful, thought-provoking poetry and short-but-incredibly meaningful stories,  she teaches senior high school English, History and Drama/Production. She is an active member and performer in her local theatre company.   Her poetry is contemporary, sensual, moody and easy to read - and it will get you in the feelings.

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      Book preview

      Nova - Joanne Van Leerdam

      Nova 

      For everyone who has loved, lost and survived.

      JOANNE VAN LEERDAM

      COPYRIGHT ©2017 BY Joanne Van Leerdam.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      COVER IMAGE: PUBLIC domain, labeled for reuse. Supernova&galaxia.png from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supernova%26galaxia.png, edited and enhanced by Joanne Van Leerdam, 2017.

      1st Edition, February 2017

      PUBLISHED BY WORDYNERDBIRD for

      Joanne Van Leerdam

      www.jvlpoet.com

      jvlpoet@jvlpoet.com

      CONTENTS

      1.  Nova 

      2.  Insomnoir 

      3.  Rogue Wave 

      4.  Blitzkrieg

      5.  Deprivation 

      6.  Whistler 

      7.  Arrow

      8.  Fusion 

      9.  Nocturne 

      10.  Wine Cups 

      11.  Frangipani 

      12.  Viti Levu 

      13.  The Butterfly Tree 

      14.  Blue

      15.  Torn 

      16.  Waiting 

      17.  Foreboding 

      18.  Firefighter 

      19.  Phoenix 

      20.  Deadly Sins 

      21.  Teflon

      22.  Liar

      23.  Teenthink

      24.  The Library 

      25.  Now And Then 

      26.  Her Divinity 

      27.  Collapse 

      28.  Lesson From A Mountain 

      29.  Renegade 

      30.  Siren 

      31.  Remembrance 

      32.  Drained 

      33.  Mothers’ Day 

      34.  D&M 

      35.  Mistaken Identity 

      36.  July 19, 2011 

      37.  Winter Sun

      38.  Alone 

      39.  Unique Retail Opportunity 

      40.  Contentment

      41.  Beloved

      42.  Balancing Act 

      43.  The Sea 

      44.  Bleak 

      45.  Distant Kiss

      46.  Nightcap

      47.  Equilibrium

      48.  Lone Wolf

      49.  My Mistake 

      50.  That Moment 

      51.  Broken

      52.  Nostalgia

      53.  The Child Within

      54.  Bleeding Words

      NOVA.

      Luminous hope revolves in the blackness,

      Fragments of brightness fracture the night,

      While a black hole, churning and ravenous,

      Hungers for me as I follow

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