Writing for My Life... Reclaiming the Lost Pieces of Me: A Poetic Journey

By Nancy Levin

Whether or not you are a poetry lover, you will be so glad you found this book. Its liberating.
Louise Hay, the New York Times best-selling author of You Can Heal Your Life

I love Nancys poetry. Her words convey urgent messages from the Soul.
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Excuses Begone

"Sit back, let these words flow through you, and feel the magic of healing and aliveness contained in the pages of this book."
Cheryl Richardson, the New York Times best-selling author of Take Time for Your Life

Inside this book you will find the poems that became the steppingstones along my path of love, loss, grief, searching, awakening, freedom, becoming whole, and owning my voice. I offer these poems to you with the hope that they serve as an inspiration and invitation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 18, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452532240

Nancy Levin

STACY HOPE SMALL is a writer, CEO and luxury travel expert. Prior to launching her company, Elite Travel International in 2005, she traveled the globe on assignment for magazines including Conde Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure. She has a B.S. in journalism from the S.I Newhouse School of Communications, was the founding Editorial Director for Elite Traveler magazine and currently manages travel for a global portfolio of high-level entrepreneurs, investors, celebrities and media execs. Small currently resides in Carlsbad, CA with her three rescue dogs.

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Writing For My Life…

Reclaiming the Lost Pieces of Me

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A Poetic Journey

Nancy Levin

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Copyright © 2011, 2012 Nancy Levin.

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Balboa Press rev. date: 3/21/2012

Contents

a note to the reader

bone

reclaiming the lost pieces of me

volcanoes

in the eyes of others

band of gold in the bag

we just have different maps to get there

listening for the one who cares

the warmth and the weight of you

reconciling sin

on the threshold of something new

into the uncertainty

you can’t be too careful

harbor

breath

who and what is guiding me

i am grateful for the breath in you

me, in the past tense

at last

the wanting that is waking

lean into the loving

one breath is enough

immersing and emerging

if we are not attentive, language takes the place of experiencing

Reconstruction of Desire

if i close my eyes the truth is familiar

i am the only one breathing inside my home

no now without then

heart

hourglass: a last love poem

what we exchange for safety

what they don’t tell you about love

being held and belonging

the body remembers being loved

breathed into life with a witness

they kissed us each goodbye