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    Ravings of an Uncommon Mind
    Ravings of an Uncommon Mind
    Ravings of an Uncommon Mind
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    Ravings of an Uncommon Mind

    By Gene Toews

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    This is a book of poems. They're mostly on the dark side. They may educate you, inspire you, or repulse you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 31, 2016
    ISBN9781514479117
    Ravings of an Uncommon Mind
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    Gene Toews

    Married, with two kids and one grandson, I have been an artist for seven years. The first five years I did relief carvings of geometric designs, people, and animals. For the past two years, I've been doing abstract paintings. All my material, except for a few screws, is either from the landfill or garage sales. My grandson is born in July 2015, and that's when I started writing poetry. As for my philosophy on art, don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.

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      Ravings of an Uncommon Mind - Gene Toews

      © 2016 by Gene Toews.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2016904932

      ISBN:                 Hardcover                           978-1-5144-7913-1

                                 Softcover                             978-1-5144-7912-4

                                 eBook                                   978-1-5144-7911-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

      in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the

      product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance

      to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 03/31/2016

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      Contents

      TRAPPED IN DARKNESS

      CEMETERY BREEZE

      THE DEVIL LAUGHS

      BLADE OF JUDGMENT

      THE BATTLEFIELD

      THE GODS

      CHARMED

      AT HOME ON THE MOUNTAIN

      REIGN OF TERROR

      CRUEL GODDESS

      FOOTPRINTS IN THE DEW

      RIDICULOUSNESS

      SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

      BIPOLAR CHARM

      BREATH OF LIFE

      DREAMLAND EXPRESS

      MY SPIRIT SOARS

      FACT OR FICTION

      THREE ANGELS

      THE TASTE OF FEAR

      DAWN OF INSIGHT

      WELCOME BLACKNESS

      DEATH AND REBIRTH

      HALLELUJAH

      BIPOLAR MESSIAH

      PLAUSIBLE NONSENSE

      ABSENCE

      HERESY

      WORLDS COLLIDE

      FUEL FOR MADNESS

      THE UNCOMMON MIND

      TOMBSTONE LIGHTNING

      BLOODSHOT OBSESSION

      DROWNING IN PESTILENCE

      REIGN OF LUNACY

      SHADOW OF DEATH

      RELIGIOUS HANGOVER

      DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE

      DEPRAVED WISDOM

      FLAMING SHADOWS

      DESTINY CALLING

      WICKED GRACE

      THE UNCLEAN REAPER

      GLIMPSE OF PROPHECY

      DREAMS OF VICTORY

      NIPPLE SALAD

      POSSUM PIE

      DANGLE THE POSSUM

      DEAD OF NIGHT

      HIDDEN MADNESS

      HUNCHBACK CYCLONE

      HIGHWAY TO HADES

      ANGEL OF LIGHT

      DEER SKULL SOUP

      RIGHTEOUS HANGOVER

      GRIM FACED ANGEL

      THE DEVIL LAUGHED

      HOUSE OF THE BEAST

      IDLE CHATTER

      POISON VOICES

      CHAINS OF RELIGION

      POISONOUS DREAMS

      BASTARD EXECUTIONER

      CRUDE BUT SIMPLE

      RETURN TO DIRT

      VOLTAIC AURA

      FERMENTING SOULS

      TRAGIC HILARITY

      ATHEIST’S BIBLE

      NOOSE OF DELIVERANCE

      FIRST KISS

      BARBWIRE NOOSE

      DREAMING IN THE VOID

      MYTHICAL BRUTE

      CHAINSAW SMILE

      THE DAY’S RESURRECTION

      LOYALTY ABOVE GLORY

      RACE THE MOON

      FITS OF RAGE

      DARKNESS SO DREAMY

      HEAVEN OR HELL

      SPIRIT IN THE DARK

      BURN IT DOWN

      FRESH AGONY

      CLAIM YOUR KINGDOM

      WON’T BOW DOWN

      HATRED AND DISDAIN

      BRAND NEW START

      CUNNING DECEIT

      BUTTERFLY KISSES

      TIGHTEN THAT NOOSE

      THE PAST IS PAST

      RED EYED DREAM

      EPITAPH OF LIES

      DANCE IN MY FIRE

      TIME WILL TELL

      PRAY FOR A CURE

      A STRANGER’S HAND

      TRAPPED IN DARKNESS

      Chained sanity sedates me

      No secrets in a straitjacket

      Screaming with the voices

      Gunshot attitude, get my casket

      My soul is locked in chaos

      Nature’s secrets revealed

      Forever trapped in darkness

      True motives remain concealed

      At first there is great darkness

      Then the outrageous behaviour

      Have you lost your fucking mind

      Come find your Lord and Saviour

      Pray for sanity and you’ll be blessed

      A completely bullshit declaration

      The Bible’s not for mental health

      It’s for those who seek salvation

      The king of kings with bipolar

      I guess that praying didn’t work

      Had my share of fire and brimstone

      Just hold still while I go berserk

      CEMETERY BREEZE

      Approach the dripping guillotine

      God of the dead runs the show

      Release me from my anguish

      There’s always worse ways to go

      In

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