To My Garden

By Edward Holman

The book entitled “To My Garden” is a collection of poems, parables and quotations. Also included in the book are some of my drawings that I thought would accompany several of the poems. Some of the poems could be considered “Christian” while others are not. I think some poems should incite emotion in a reader and ideas. Ideas and emotion can go hand in hand but they don’t have to in poetry. I also think that poetry opens up the unconscious as well as comes from it. In other words a poem is an experience and not just a set of words arranged so a reader can “get it.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781665508230

Edward Holman

My name is Edward Holman and I was born in Detroit, MI. I attended Wayne State University and North Central MI college. I got my Bachelor of Science degree at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids where I now live. I have been writing poetry most of my life. While in Grand Rapids I got involved in the poetry scene and a local publication for which I wrote articles and poetry. I still spend time reading and writing poetry and I am currently working on putting together another collection to be published after this one.

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TO MY

GARDEN

EDWARD HOLMAN

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© 2020 Edward Holman. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 12/02/2020

ISBN: 978-1-6655-0824-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-0823-0 (e)

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Contents

Dedication

The Angels of Armageddon

Oh My Brief Love

Hands

At Such Times

The Linoleum Poem

Did You Hear My Song

The Mansion

Frog

The Fly

Thy Welcome

Art is Everywhere

Brave New world

I Write the Wind

The Power

Pity and Sorrow

Seventeen Questions. One Statement

Bridegroom

The Conscientious Porter

The Meaning

Poem 67

Unfinished Thoughts

Arches

Car World

Quotations

You Make Me Cry

Song of Pleasure

Haiku

The Tongue

Noses

Hard Dream

Hated Love

For You

Blasphemy My Clothes

No One’s War

Poem 68

It’s So Witty and Warm

To My Garden

Dedication

The poem For You on page 48 and the castle

illustration on page 50 are dedicated to the

singer Bono and the band U2.

The poem entitled Arches on page 32 and "the lion and

the lamb" illustration on page 34 are dedicated to

Carl Gustav Jung.

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The Angels of Armageddon

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When I’m driving in my car I can see

the Angels of Armageddon. I see