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    The Buoyancy of Unsuspected Joy
    The Buoyancy of Unsuspected Joy
    The Buoyancy of Unsuspected Joy
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    The Buoyancy of Unsuspected Joy

    By William Flewelling

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    The engagement of life in all its surprises, the faces and actions of people, the impressions given by nature, the way these stir the heart and entice the mind into a resonant speaking of the occasion become incidents of poetry in the poets mind. At least I find it that way. These are collectedsome are selected, brought together in this book. Once they are here, they are invited to play poet with the minds and hearts of readers, even of this reader, on revisiting them in the course of time. At times, they have been called painterly in their raising an image to the readers eyes, an image that invites the reader to engage and be engaged creatively. It is my hope that this is the result of your browsing herein.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781504970341
    The Buoyancy of Unsuspected Joy
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    William Flewelling

    I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in central Illinois. Led by a request from Mildred Corwin of Manua OH when I arrived there in 1976, I long developed and led a series of bible studies there and in LaPorte IN and New Martinsville WV. These studies proved to be very feeding to me in my pastoral work and won a certain degree of following in my congregations. My first study was on 1 Peter, chosen because I knew almost nothing about the book. I now live quietly in retirement with my wife of 54 years, a pair of dogs and several cats.

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