Spirit Songs, Images and Uttered Nonsense

By J. S. T. Botting

A word from the Author
They are the notes to free the songs that lie deep within your soul.
They are the brush with which to paint images in your mind.
They are the voice to express the joyful fantasies and silliness of your inner child.
Words bring relief, greater understanding and joy into your life. They are the Spirit Songs, Images and Uttered Nonsense that you will find within these pages.
If you find that you can relate to any of the Spirit Songs, then my purpose has been served. That purpose was to give voice to those who have no voice of their own.
If you have a greater understanding of the subjects in Images, then that purpose, too, has been served.
If I have given you a giggle or two with Uttered Nonsense, then I am well pleased.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728351728

J. S. T. Botting

J. S. T. Botting is of Cherokee descent. She lives on a home farm in the hills of West Virginia with her husband, cat and three dogs. Poetry is, and always has been, her passion. She does not always follow a strict poetic form but, instead, lets the words flow as they come from somewhere deep inside of her. She started writing at the age of twelve and had numerous poems from those early years published in magazines and periodicals. Later in life she belonged to a group of poets in upstate New York who read their works in an open forum. Her efforts there were well received and often acclaimed by the attending public. She draws her inspiration from people and creatures that she refers to as her muses or by something she has seen or read. All of her poems reflect a deep understanding of both animal and human emotions and, in some cases, a whimsical appreciation of the absurd.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/19/2020

ISBN: 978-1-7283-5173-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-5172-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020905317

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Contents

Dedication

I Would Not Speak

Spirit Songs

Night Wind’s Song

If I Knew How

The Woven Dreams of Man

Spring Moon

One More Summer’s Day

To Know With Perfect Truth

Only The Wind

Upon The Lover’s Bed

Winter’s Aging Bane

Images

Gordie

Old Man, Early Winter

El Toro

Tommy

The Emigrant Brook

Yesterday’s Child

The Omen

Autumn

Women’s Song

Summer Watch

Trail’s End

Rendezvous Midnight

Summer Clouds

The Winds of Time

Circus Clowns

The Oracle

Uttered Nonsense

Heralds

Madder Gnatters

The Ins and Outs of Importance

The Saga of Hamish Spoor Hunter

Marcus’s Song

Scooter’s Song

Chester’s Song

Tedward’s Song

Limericks

About the Author

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the many, many Muses I have met along the way who gave inspiration for my poetry.

I Would Not Speak

(A Concerto in Three Movements)

I would dance for you,

As the swirling leaves

Dance upon the forest floor,

Incited by the faerie sounds

Of the night wind’s flute.

I would dance for you,

Among the scattered leaves,

Wearing only a veil

Of gossamer moonlight.

But, I would not speak.

There are no words

To express the passion

That leaps within my soul.

I would play for