The Growth of a Girl to the Wisdom of a Woman

By Stephanie Olivia Bell

There are basically three sections of this book: youth / first love, nature, and wisdom. I have always turned to paper and pen when excited, in wonder, or distressed. I have found that writing down the obtrusive thoughts frees the mind.

I have chosen poetry as the venue. Hopefully, you too can relate. I hope that you may glean some insight into yourself and find peace, joy, and some wisdom.

I may add that some of the poetry is simple and obvious. Others need to be read more than once. As in a painting, the observer gets out of it what relates to her. So too in poetry. You may read a poem and feel something entirely different from why I wrote it. That is just fine. My purpose was personal. Your purpose could be that the poem stimulates a remembrance of a time in your life that can be relived. Enjoy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524575533

Stephanie Olivia Bell

I am a Native Californian. I was born in the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. I have lived in Avenue, Maryland; Athens, Georgia; Klamath Falls, Oregon ;the middle of Manhattan, New York City ; Studio City, Encino, and Westlake Village California. I attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. I was going to be a famous secretary in San Francisco, California, having gone to Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. Wrong! I was married the day after I graduated from college. The journey begins. Through my poetry, you will know me in depth.

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Copyright © 2018 by Stephanie Olivia Bell.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2017900385

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5245-7554-0

                Softcover         978-1-5245-7552-6

                eBook              978-1-5245-7553-3

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Rev. date: 06/12/2018

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CONTENTS

MY LIFE’S EMOTIONAL ETCHINGS

The Kiss

After

My Smile

Self-Awakening

My Song

Brown Eyes

The Call

You Are the Rainbow

Another Call

A Special Call

Longing

You Have Gone

3 am in the Morning

The Moon Not Full

Time

Addiction

I Now See

Recovery from a Deep Hurt

Remember

I Remember Him

Wonder

MY LIFE’S EMOTIONAL ETCHINGS

Dawn

The Brandy Rose

After the Storm,

a Walk on the Beach

My Moon

My Drive Home

God’s Majesty

In Memory

The Gardener

The White Rose

MY LIFE’S EMOTIONAL ETCHINGS

Transition

After I’m Gone

Edna Lillich Davidson Luncheon Salons

Hope Eternal

She Caught It

Now I Understand

Friends

Do You Live with Someone?

Your Gifts

The Bracelet

The Gift

An Almost Summer Evening

Under the Silks

Random Thoughts from My Walk

Change or Contentment

On Waiting

More Blessed to Give Than to Receive

A New Yorker’s Typical Nonsense Poem

Day and Night

My Christmas Mountain

Have You Seen the Cross?

IN LOVE, YOUNG, AND HOPEFUL

My Life’s Emotional Etchings

THE KISS

Your kiss rests gently

on my lips,

as the