Into the Silence

By Anne E. O'Neill

Anne ONeill perceives this book of poetry to be a literary roadmap for the many diverse places she has lived over the past 40 years: The Southern California and Oregon coasts, the High Sierras, the deserts of the Southwest and, in particular, Gualala on the remote coast of Northern California. Each location possesses a unique beauty that became a powerful muse for poetic expression, the language of the soul. In this sense, the selection of poems is a roadmap for the interior life as well, revealing a depth of insights and emotions. The poems are free form, bound only by a sense of rhythm, according to ONeill. She includes a sprinkling of haiku with its stringent rules to create a contrasting balance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514401132

Anne E. O'Neill

Anne O’Neill, M. A., University of La Verne, is a native of Pasadena, California. She worked as a scriptwriter in Hollywood, is the author of 2 previous books and one to be released in 2015. In her teaching career, she always made the creation of poetry an important part of her curriculum. She now lives on the awe-inspiring coast of Oregon and the muse is still active. Benedictusnunstory.com

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue

The Veils of Candlelight

What’s for Dinner?

Beach Symphony

The Haunted Sea

Walk on the Bluffs

Always the Nun

Hush

A Woman and Her Duck

Whispers of the Wind

The Search

Cold Fear

The Mariner

Wild Night

Shadow-Selves

The Haunting

Synchronicity

Sleep of the Soul

Lost at Sea

Mystery of the Morning

The Weight of Snow

Sand Specters

Children of the Heart

Rock-A-Bye

Publication

A Timely Death

Scattered Bones

The Healer

First Mother

Priedieu of Prayer

Whitecaps

Grieving

Angel Light

Rendezvous

Brush Strokes

Reaching

A Love Affair

Death of a Friend

Going Beyond

Through the Window

I Am

Phantasm

Loss of a Sister

Voice of the Creatrix

End Page

Acknowledgements

TO MY GRANDMOTHER

JEAN VERONICA PAUL PARRISH

ARTIST AND POET

WHO FIRST PUT A PENCIL IN MY HAND

AND OPENED THE DOOR OF CREATIVITY

SELECTED POETRY

1978-2015

FREE FORM WITH A SPRINKLING OF HAIKU

Free form poems are not wholly free, perhaps only from constricting rules. They are bound by a sense of rhythm, some begging to be read aloud. By contrast, a specified number of lines and syllables define haiku, along with an inclusion of nature in the subject matter.

Poetry

Is as quiet

As a

Gentle rain

Dropping

Into

The soul

Unannounced

For those

Who