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    Withered Rose
    Withered Rose
    Withered Rose
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    Withered Rose

    By Liesel Kippen

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    Withered Rose is an empowering poetry collection that dives into themes of love, sadness, helplessness, loss, healing, growth, personal transformation, hope and happiness. It also focuses hugely on nature and her many treasured gifts. Liesel powerfully captures the Australian landscape and its prized possessions in this collection of poems.

    Withered Rose also explores journeys of personal transformation, overcoming obstacles, finding strength again, and moving on confidently. Growth and positive changes add richness to this collection, and this inspiring book serves as a beautiful reminder that personal transformation is always a choice and is always possible. Liesel encourages us to make a difference, to add quality to life and to make a positive impact on life.

    These life-changing poems nourish the hearts and minds of readers both young and old. The poems in Withered Rose are beautifully exciting and descriptive, with imagery that is powerful and descriptions that are vivid. Pictures beautifully illustrate and capture the essence of nature, while Liesel gives us a glimpse of life itself in her poems. Liesel also shares her love for writing with her readers and provides free verse and traditional rhyme in her collection. Liesel powerfully focuses on the hidden beauty within nature and our relationship with nature. She shares her passion for life through her poems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateDec 21, 2021
    ISBN9781982292461
    Withered Rose
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    Liesel Kippen

    Liesel Kippen has been a Primary School teacher and Secondary School teacher for the past 27 years. She has presented a number of Writing Workshops for Victorian teachers in Australia. She has been a celebrated author since 2017. Liesel has a huge passion for writing and her poems speak to the heart, with a message that expresses the importance of love, hope, resilience and determination. She also delves into beautifully painful moments that define the human experience.

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