Glenely Bay and Nostalgia from Paris

By Gabrielle F. Culmer

Glenely Bay and Nostalgia from Paris is a collection of thirty-eight poems written over the past several years by author Gabrielle Culmer. The idea of Glenely Bay is inspired by the tropical area of part of Culmers ancestral origins in Eleuthera, where she spent her early summers. The poems were written from different exotic and luxurious locations. They chronicle travel, family life, renewal, personal enhancement, an appreciation of nature, and pride, among other topics.

Included in this unique collection are poems such as Songs of Spring Time, Holiday Tune, Window, Mayfair Morning, Time, and Glenely Bay. In addition, Culmer recounts her memories of the time she spent in France with the poems, Beneath the Eiffels Core, Reflections from Paris, Summer Chateau, and Cheers to You, which are also translated into French.

The poems included in this collection have the transformative ability to offer a new and serene awareness of nature and the world around us.

Time

What is there now left to do with time? Each minutes hand has now strengthened to hours Now rolled in my mind. The quiet and still episodes weigh heavily in time, Lifes fragments now frozen and refined.

What if I could erase this past time? Yell cut and direct to change the lines. Would our lives be reformed to a different kind? To make what once was revived and developed in this mind

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Aug 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781480810198

Gabrielle F. Culmer

Gabrielle F. Culmer is the author of seven novels including Restoring Patterns, Easing Distractions, Where Lives Lead, Arrive by Dusk, Damp Whisper, and two collections of poetry and a book on genealogy. She has degrees from universities in New York, London, Illinois, Kent, and a certificate in advocacy in international affairs from an institute in Switzerland. Culmer is a lawyer who travels between Europe, The Bahamas, and New York.

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Glenely Bay and Nostalgia from Paris

Gabrielle F. Culmer

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-1018-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-1019-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014947902

Archway Publishing rev. date: 08/18/2014

Contents

Introduction

1. Adieu

2. Adoration

3. Good Day City

4. Window

5. Fall

6. Holiday Tune

7. Distant Dreams of England

8. To Have a Name

9. Time

10. Songs of Springtime

11. Rose Garden

12. Glenely Bay

13. When a Boy

14. Lightly

15. Fresh Morning

16. Gone

17. Mayfair Morning

18. All Things Known

Nostalgia from Paris

Printemps 1. Bonjour

2. Le Printemps Bonjour (francaise)

3. Brass

4. Laiton (francaise)

5. Beneath the Eiffel’s Core

6. Au-dessous du Coeur de l’Eiffel (francaise)

7. Speak to Me

8. Parlez-moi (francaise)

9. I Like Neuilly

10. J’aime Neuilly (francaise)

11. Homebound Thoughts

12. Cheers to You

13. Bravos à vous (francaise)

14. Summer Château

15. Château d’été (francaise)

15. Weave

16. Tisser

17. November, Year’s End

18. Reflections from Paris

19. Réflexions depuis Paris

Introduction

Glenely Bay