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    Poetry of Life: Hope, Pleasures, and Pain
    Poetry of Life: Hope, Pleasures, and Pain
    Poetry of Life: Hope, Pleasures, and Pain
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    Poetry of Life: Hope, Pleasures, and Pain

    By Colishia S. Benjamin

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    Poetry of Life is raw yet very inspirational, dealing with the problems of everyday life. The prose and the poems seek to warm your heart and touch your soul. If you have ever had problems with addiction, heartaches, pain, love, or losing a love one, then this book is for you. Poetry of Life seeks to inform you, motivate you, and inspire you to think about life and the goodness of Jesus Christ.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateSep 19, 2012
    ISBN9781449764227
    Poetry of Life: Hope, Pleasures, and Pain
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    Colishia S. Benjamin

    Colishia S. Benjamin has been in the healthcare field for fifteen years as a CNA1/Hab Tech. She has been writing for years. Her enthusiasm for writing poetry and short stories has enabled her to further her career as a writer by going back to school as a full time student at Full Sail University, one of the top five film schools in the US. She has published two poems in 2011—“A Silly School Girl Crush,” appearing in From a Window: Harmony (Eber & Wein Publishing); and “Taboo,” appearing in Stars in Our Hearts.

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      Poetry of Life - Colishia S. Benjamin

      Copyright © 2012 Colishia S. Benjamin

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-6421-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-6423-4 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-6422-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012915068

      WestBow Press rev. date: 09/12/2012

      Contents

      Quote Page

      Dedication Page

      Thank You Page

      Introduction Life’s Many Gifts

      My Gifts

      Just Dream

      Puzzled

      A Diamond in the Rough

      Scars

      Unnatural

      Russian Roulette

      Addictions

      Jesus Love

      The One Love

      ME

      Pray Your Bullies Away

      A Virtuous Woman

      Queen crab

      Behind Close Doors

      World Wind

      The American Dream

      The Oppressor

      Long Lost Love

      Summer Is Here

      Becoming A Man

      Wives Pray I Say

      The Anointing

      When I’m Discourage

      Your Lover or Christ?

      The Storms of Life

      Life After Death

      Too Soon

      The Jabez Prayer

      Walking Along the Sandy Shore

      Love Cycle

      Love

      My Island

      Kaleidoscope

      A Silly Schoolgirl Crush

      Equal to You

      Put God First

      The Green Eye Monster

      Time

      The Old Jim Crow Laws Ghost

      Love Clenches

      Greatness

      A Falling Star

      A Love Like This

      Your Wife To Be

      One Night Stand

      Tithe

      A Mistress Love

      The Great I AM

      Meditation

      God’s Promised Blessings

      God’s Seven Blessings Listed In Exodus 23 KJV

      God’s Seven Blessings Listed In Joel (KJV)

      The Atheist

      Single Mothers

      The Bystander

      Passing Judgment

      Just Dream

      A Diverged Road

      Thirteen

      I need A Man

      From Dusk Till Dawn

      A Rut

      Unawares

      Pro Life

      Faultier

      My Fool

      Quote Page

      For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

      Romans 8:38-39 (KJV)

      Dedication Page

      I would like to

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