Reflections of the Soul: That Simply Overflows

By MkatBelin

Reflections of the Soul: That Simply Overflows represents an explosion of art that Mkatbelin began painting over three years ago. This book includes original poetry, paint, and prose all by Mkatbelin. The goal of this book is to have the reader unwind into a world of verse and image that will stimulate the senses while calming the soul. If the reader smiles or chuckles, even better. This is a collection of things burned into the memory of the artist since childhood in the rural South. It also contains one essay (prose) entitled The Day the Artist Died, which is fiction and an introduction to Mkatbelins writing style. Please look for her novel, Eye Water to Cry With, which is forthcoming.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504973861

MkatBelin

Mkatbelin was born in the early 1960s in rural Southern Arkansas. This book is her soul poured out in paint, verse, and prose. Her images capture simple Southern life that rapidly vanished in the 1980s as her generation grew up and made their way to college. Some of those images are captured here, along with simple verse are to be enjoyed by all generations, but especially those who remember doing or seeing these things done as a child.

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© 2016 Mary Belin. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 02/10/2016

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016900980

ISBN: 978-1-5049-7384-7 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-7385-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-7386-1 (e)

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Contents

Introduction of the Author

Dedicated to:

Moon over Walnut Tree

Red-Headed Woodpecker

The Yellow Lotus

Smoking

Jack

Ms. Gladys, the Grocer

Checking for Snakes

The Swallow on the Thorn

Hidden Treasures in the Mulberry Tree

Dying Rose

Juke Joint Jenny

Rinse Water Spa

All Girls Don’t Twirl

Absent Hunter

Christmas in Arkansas

Lucky

Peeping in the Well

Portrait of Hillary Clinton

Pencil Sketch of William Jefferson Clinton

The Day the Artist Died

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Warm

This is the main character in my upcoming book,

Eye Water to Cry With.

Please look for it soon.

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Introduction of the Author

Mkatbelin is Mary Belin. I was born and raised in southeast Arkansas in a very small rural town. I began speaking poetry at a very young age to my mother. She wrote it down for me until I learned to write and to spell. So I would say that I’ve been a poet since the age of 3 with my mother as the scribe for many years.

I attended Hermitage High School in Hermitage, Arkansas where I received wonderful tutelage in English and Literature from Earline Ferrell who was my favorite English