Elysian Poems: Volume 1

By Aaron J Kaplan and Xavier Socorro

Transcribed from their shared poetry account on Instagram, this is the first 100 posts from Aaron J Kaplan and Xavier Socorro on elysian.poets, an account dedicated to uplifting poetry offering hope for a better future and guidelines as to how we can attain such a future. Based on the Elysian Fields, an ancient Greek depiction of Heaven, this work is meant to convey a sense of bliss which can only be achieved through unity and love, and the peace and happiness which come from everyone living a virtuous life. This is the authors' first book together, but they are planning to publish an ebook for every 100 posts on their Instagram account, and a print book for every 4 ebooks.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781794828940

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Elysian Poems: Volume 1

Elysian Poems: Volume 1

By Xavier Socorro and Aaron J Kaplan

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Copyright © 2020 by Aaron J Kaplan and Xavier Socorro

All rights reserved.  This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever for profit without the express written permission of the copyright holders, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal, or in the case of death of both copyright holders.

First publishing: 2020

ISBN 978-1-79482-894-0

Self-published by Aaron J Kaplan and Xavier Socorro

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Xavier would like to dedicate this to his Grandma who he loves dearly, and Aaron would like to dedicate this to his wonderful wife Aneela and their special little girl Neysa, to whom he hopes he is helping to pass on a better world than the one he became an adult into

Preface

We have been writing together for more than 5 years now, and decided this past year, 2019, to start a shared poetry account on Instagram.  Our first post was made on July 22, 2019, for which we deliberated heavily for weeks, and for which we designed heavily.  Making that first post and deciding how to go about our account from the start took up much of our time and energy from the time we decided to make the account until the time we made our first post. 

We decided to make a post daily, and to mix in new poems with ones we had created in the past.  And as time went on, the posting became easier, the tweaking of images and fonts became more manageable, and we got better and better with each post.

Since that first post, we have been learning not only about the Instagram platform, but also about designing content to be publicly shared, and, most importantly, we have been better learning and finding our poetic voice together.  We posted a total of 142 original poems to our account in 2019, and gathered up over 100 followers, many of whom are dedicated to being a part of the Elysian transformation of the world.

What Elysian means to us is essentially an eternal paradise attained by all beings together, which