The Storm Within: An Anthology

By C. Nadya Agard

The Storm Within is a collection of poems that touch on various life themes. The emotional drama of life is expressed in themes ranging from romantic love to love of God and includes others such as joy, rejection,pain, childhood, parenthood, and emotional turmoil. The work is titled after one of the poems in the book. It was chosen because the book reflects life as it is often experienced, but rarely expressedlife as a storm within. While the collection does not intentionally focus on any single theme, some may perceive a focal theme to run through many of the poems. Full of raw and honest emotions, the collection is provocative, spiritual and erotic. It stimulates introspection.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462875436

C. Nadya Agard

C. Nadya Agard holds a doctoral degree in neuropsychology and a master’s degree in school psychology. At an early age, her late father— who was multilingual and a scholar in Greek, British, and Latin literature—exposed her to classical and contemporary literary works. This led her to develop a love for literature and the literary arts. She has previously been reluctant to publish her work as she viewed it as self-expression not for public consumption, but for privately documenting her observations, perceptions, and emotions. The decision to publish this collection came at the urging of two important people in her life, one being her son, a student at Columbia University.

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Copyright © 2011 by C. Nadya Agard.

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Introduction

The Storm Within is a collection of poems that touch on various life themes. The emotional drama of life is expressed in themes ranging from romantic love to love of God and includes others such as joy, rejection, pain, childhood, parenthood, and emotional turmoil. The work is titled after one of the poems in the book. It was chosen because the book reflects life as it is often experienced, but rarely expressed—life as a storm within. While the collection does not intentionally focus on any single theme, some may perceive a focal theme to run through many of the poems. Full of raw and honest emotions, the collection is provocative, spiritual and erotic. It stimulates introspection.

Contents

Acknowledgements

About The Book

1.    The Professor

2.    Tropical Childhood

3.    Love and Pain

4.    C’est ma Famille

5.    Differentiation

6.    Family

7.    Fides

8.    For Wilfred

9.    Forbidden Love

10.    ADHD and Loving It!

11.    Hypnosis

12.    Heartbreak

13.    Incomplete

14.    My First Love

15.    Rebirth

16.    The Storm Within

17.    Helpless

18.    Love

19.    My Gift

20.    Ryland

21.    Hot and Cold

22.    My Kingdom

23.    Love of a Child

24.    The Dignified Lady

25.    Why Do We Have To Cry?

26.    Godparents

27.    I Thought of You Today

28.    Ambrosia

29.    Merci Pour Tout

30.    Thank you for everything

31.    Quel Dommage!

32.    I Just Can’t Keep Doing This

33.    Sir

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Acknowledgements

Sincerest thanks to my father, Charles Nathaniel, for instilling in me the love of classical and contemporary literature. To my mother, Agnes Juliet, I shall forever be grateful for your unceasing support of all of my interests, particularly those related to reading and creative writing. I thank you for having preserved so many years of my work. I am also grateful to you both for having fostered my unquenchable thirst by keeping me well supplied with books of all genres as well as for ensuring that I received a well-rounded education. To my older brother, Benjamin Augustus, thank you for continuing what our dad started by ensuring that my literary exposure was diverse. Benjy, you are, and always will be, my hero. Chancellor, my beloved son, your reluctant support of my publishing this work using my own name as opposed to a pen name is deeply appreciated. Thank you for taking the chance of once again being embarrassed by your mother.

To my friends Karen, Frank, Allison and my nephew, Carl Thank you for your support in this endeavor and in so many other areas. Karen, you have been a superb, editor. I couldn’t have done better myself. Your friendship is precious to