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    Observations: Family Matters
    Observations: Family Matters
    Observations: Family Matters
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    Observations: Family Matters

    By Dinny Hayes

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    We come together

    wistful

    lips parted

    timid and tender

    yet passion melts us

    and we laugh

    They are emotions we have all feltjoy, sorrow, love, and heartacheand each are celebrated in Observations, a collection of lyrical verse in six volumes that poetically explores the wonders of everyday life.

    Poet Dinny Hayes shares an experienced and distinctive voice as she offers a relatable and intriguing glimpse of the common from an uncommon perspective. In Love Along the Line, Hayes examines the changing moods and often surprising revelations found within married love. In Family Matters, she seeks to discover what is unique and precious about family members. The Gift of Friends is full of wonder at the love of others, the gifts shared, and special events in their family. Thresholds eloquently tackles the difficult subject of mortality, sharing insights gained by caring for those who are facing death. Finally, in Musings and Outward Things, Hayes offers commentary on various cultural phenomena and celebrates the natural world of plants, animals, and landscapes.

    Observations revels in the beauty of the spoken word and reflects on both the ordinary and extraordinary moments in all our lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMay 17, 2012
    ISBN9781475913736
    Observations: Family Matters
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    Dinny Hayes

    Dinny Hayes earned a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Toronto, having studied with poet George Whalley and literary theorist Northrop Frye. She is a First Class Honors graduate of Queen’s University and winner of the medal in English for her year. Now retired from teaching, she lives in Toronto with her husband.

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