Butterflies of the Soul

By Hope Paris Mendelssohn

“BUTTERFLIES OF THE SOUL” is a heartfelt collection of stirring and colourful poems based on the author's life spanning three decades, from her birthplace of Tauranga, her journies through Africa, England, Indonesia and French Polynesia. Written “wholistically” these poems truly reflect Hope's experience of life by means of style and technique.

In “RAINBOWS COME FROM A THREATENING SKY” the reader is held by ideas and pictures which are used to develop several themes simultaneously, a sense of colour, sound and physical surroundings, and she succeeds splendidly in this form of point-counterpoint.

In “LES PAPILLONS” personal feelings and experiences are juxtaposed with powerful images and motifs, prompting the reader toward evocative resonances in an unself-conscious way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris NZ
• Release date: Apr 27, 2010
• ISBN: 9781493192137

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Copyright © 2014 by Hope Paris Mendelssohn.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4500-5805-6

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Contents

Les Papillons

Rainbows Come from a Threatening Sky

Silence

Time to Fly

Golden Willow

Come, Let’s Celebrate

Crucifixion

Devastation

When Will You See Me?

A Shadow

Inspiration

The Long Stretch of Sand

Antiques

Starlight

Family Life

Sanctuary

Hope

Hope in Prose

There Will Be No More to Say

Rainbows and Sunshine

Velvet Shoes

Tenderness

When Our Two Hearts Entwine

New Fashioned Dream

Her Solitary Life

My Dear Son

A Friend in Need

Silver Woods

Compassion

Portrait of a Love

I Saw Your Smile

I May Never Love Again

The Moon Sings Silently

Maman

Music

The Gentle Breeze

The Best in Me

His Symphony

Girl from the Meadowlands

Kaleidoscope

When the World…

The Art of Loving

My Cello

Give It Time

Winter’s Rainbow

Moon and Lake

A Rose

Tender Eyes

Life as a Symphony

It’s Not Enough

He Smiled with Love

In My Deepest Being

We are One

Fresh Daisies

For Seven Years

He Spoke to Me

An Empty Afternoon

Waterfalls

Like a Butterfly

Conversation

Seeds of Our Love

His Embrace

Je t’adore

Life

I Left My Heart

Create

Two of a Kind

The Day was Clear

No Longer Afraid

Alone

Do Not Linger

I Saw a Face

Sent From Above

Sentimentality

He Wanders

Fantasy or Fantail?

This book is

dedicated to my mother Mary Roberts and godmother Sue Ford for their inspiration and encouragement.

Hope Paris Mendelssohn was born in Tauranga, New Zealand in 1963. With the arts prevalent in the family Hope soon became a rising star in the performing and literary arts. As a composer and writer her music and poetry are performed, broadcast recorded and published internationally, having a place in many educational institutions in N.Z. And America. Many of her works have been performed in prestigious competitions often gaining first prize, as they have in composition competitions.

Music and poetry are interlinked for Hope and you will find her style rather lyrical, easy to reflect upon and generally inspiring. Music is my life and poetry my soul. HPM

Les Papillons

He spoke to me of his volcanic heart

And the butterflies which set his soul free,

An angel heralded his passing

And spoke to me of contradiction,

For our hearts bleed as a volcano bleeds

And the butterflies are those found

In our grandparents’ garden.

So why is it that my friends call me Papillon,

And I should write music of volcanoes and eruptions?

It has been said that my music exudes

Only the beauty not the pain,

Yet still, the angel speaks to me of contradiction.

For it is in life that we experience both

Although we ask in what proportion?

That he should choose to end his life

And we should have such a reaction!

For who is it that suffers most, we ask—

Or is that the contradiction!

Rainbows Come from a Threatening Sky

Rainbows come from a threatening sky

Colourful thoughts