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    Goodbye Birds & Other Poems
    Goodbye Birds & Other Poems
    Goodbye Birds & Other Poems
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    Goodbye Birds & Other Poems

    By Emilie Griffin

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    Emilie Griffin's new collection of poems invites us to share her journey "through the grassland of unknowing." Her hope is for wisdom to flow, for moments of delight, for deeper understandings of joy and sorrow. Here and there readers will find a touch of her characteristic humor, and always, gratefulness. These poems are brief meditations, the fruit of a long life of unexpected challenge and surprise.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMar 25, 2014
    ISBN9781491867334
    Goodbye Birds & Other Poems
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    Emilie Griffin

    Emilie Griffin is an award-winning playwright and the author of a number of books including Wonderful and Dark Is This Road and Doors into Prayer: An Invitation. Emilie is on the board and speaking team of Renovaré. She and her husband, William, are founding members of the Chrysostom Society, a national group for writers of the Christian faith.

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      Goodbye Birds & Other Poems - Emilie Griffin

      GOODBYE BIRDS

      &

      OTHER POEMS

      EMILIE GRIFFIN

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      © 2014 EMILIE GRIFFIN. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 03/22/2014

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-6732-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4918-6733-4 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014903598

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      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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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.

      CONTENTS

      Earth, Overnight

      Inscaping

      Hawking, Get Used To It

      Inisfada, 1979

      Dosage

      The Middle Step

      The Bible Group At My House

      Mid Air

      Radiology Of Sorts

      As The Islands Melt

      Whalesurging

      In The High Places Of The Heart

      Yesterday Wisteria Came

      I Like Marlena

      Flat Out

      Leaping Lizard

      Calm

      Rotation

      A Droning Sound

      Pope In, Pope Out

      Threesome

      Disadvantages

      Too Deep For Plato

      Cloudspin

      Darling

      Lincoln

      The Door Spoke

      All Terrorism Is Theater

      Cool As Glass

      Fanfare For Fingernails

      Missing Red Tweeter

      Long Division

      John Milton In The Grass: 1956

      L’envoi

      Horace’s Ode

      Louisiana

      Remembering Lucy Powell Russell

      Homecoming

      I Know The House

      Hot As Wildfire

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