Hand in Hand: Poetry of Passion and Insight for Lovers in Search of That Perfect Relationship

By Russell MacClaren and Em Gee

Hand In Hand . . . Here in over 90 poems, Russell MacClaren takes us to faraway places, holds up a mirror for us to explore our hopes and yearnings. His language spills over with humor, passion and insight. He has mastered the art of exhuming thoughts and feelings each of us has tendered yet are often unaware of. He leads us on a quest to discover who we are and what were made of in hopes we may apply that knowledge to find our Soul Mate.

MacClaren exposes the faceted crystal of Love and Romance, exploring bonds between lovers from five points of view: Hers, His, Duplicity, Departures and Ours.

The third collection of Russell MacClarens poetry is a keepsake. You and your partner will return to favorite poems to reaffirm and refresh your relationship. It is the authors fervent hope that lovers find each otheragain and again. - R. M.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781496966674

Russell MacClaren

Australia’s Em Gee provides insightful illustrations to reflect and interpret many of the poems, and Russell MacClaren is proud to share her art.

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Published by AuthorHouse 05/21/2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Hand in Hand

Hers:

Eve-Tide

Song of Lorelei

Dryad

Greenhouse Fantasy

Woman in the Corner of My Eye

Healer

Epicurean

The Whole Package

Sleeping Venus

One of a Kind

At the Museum

Love’s Utterance

Her Place

Woman Behind the Man

Just Pretty?

Love Call

Cycles

Labor of Hands

His:

Two By Two

The Rib

Pursuit and Retreat

In My Heaven

Delightful Dalliance

Let Down Your Hair, Rapunzel

How it is with Love

How Can I Not Love Her?

Ensnared

When Laughter Gentles the Garden

Thirst-Quencher

Drink Deeply

Semi-Permeable Thoughts

Somewhere in My Dreams

Blood Moon Eclipse

My Plea

To My Soul Mate

After the Play

Duality

The Other

Their Lights Ruled our World

Wilmington

Wilmington Revisited

Ebb Tide, on a Sandy Beach

Determining Her Pedigree

A Puzzling Visit

The Puzzle

Exchanges

Who Is My Love?

The Damsel and the Dragon

I Need Both Women

Surrogate

Fire Tender

Take Another Look

The Snuggling Hour

Celestial Dancer

Timeless Temptress

Young Love Grown Old

Deja Vu All Over Again

Departures:

Song of Kathmandu

Slip Away

Icarus and the Hottie

Candy Land

When the Men are Gone

Just to be with You

When Good Food Turns Bad

Making Memories

Adieu, My Love, Adieu!

Stargazer

The Evening of Departure

Once Upon a Time

Only a Guest

Mistress of the Aegean

Her Gift

Of Lasting Worth

Come with Me A-Strolling

Into the Deep

A Final Reward

Lost Love

Ours:

My Better Half

God Whispers:

Dance of Lovers

Boundaries

Resonance

Quiet Love

The Doer and the Thinker

Converging Reflections

Beyond

Moonstruck

A Moment With You

Morning Watch

Eye Talk

On High Places

Giant Slayer

Port of Call

Upon Open Seas

The Joining

About the Author—

Finding a Soul Mate is an event longed for by dreamers, sought after by suitors and written of by poets—in search of the abiding Oneness that comes to us through Love.

This book embraces truths every man should understand about his woman and realities each woman needs to know about her man. My first understanding of relationships came to me through parents who lived together happily for fifty-four years! Their example was a testament to the upbringing they gave me and brother Dan—an upbringing that fostered love for both genders and diverse ethnicities and ideologies.

Many poems in this work reference man’s reliance on water—the influence rain, rivers, oceans and tides have upon our births and destinies. Other allusions mention blood, tears or the sources of light we connect with—fire, the Sun, the moon, planets, stars, galaxies, as well as the Cosmic Light that shines from within and bonds us to each other.

DEDICATION: This book is dedicated to Justus and Shade Jagger—friends with a single purpose. May their union thrive, and its blessings grow within their daughter who has made her debut into life! She couldn’t have chosen kinder