Brewing Storms

By Am Ramzy and Tamara Gray

The stories of men, as seeker and teacher, abound in the pages of heritage texts and literary works, but the stories of women are rare. Brewing Storms is a collection of poems that offers a window into the spiritual path of one young woman as she navigates her way through the storms of the soul. The poems provide a deep and honest insight into t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daybreak Press
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9780990625940

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Brewing Storms

All Rights Reserved © 2014 by A.M. Ramzy

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, typing, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission of the publisher.

Published by:

Daybreak Press

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

ISBN: 978-0-9906259-2-6

ISBN: 978-0-9906259-4-0 (e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014948324

Cover Image: Paths Crossing by Sean R. Heavy

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Printed in the United States of America

For my Mother

who was an anchor during my storms, and

whose shelter I miss deeply.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Author’s Introduction

Into the Unknown

Sickness

Speak to Me

Leap of Faith

Torn

Clouded Vision

A Fortress of Phrases

A Losing Battle

Baggage Reclaim

Poetry and I

Elevated

Being

A Rush of Colour to the Heart

Alive

Solitude

Lullaby Temptress

Rapture

Fresh Bubblegum

Incoherence

Marvelous Medicines

Breaking Rocks

Memories of a Mountain

Why can’t the water always taste like this?

On Departure

The Moon

Remembrance

I found a pebble

Missing

Back to the Grind

Music

Yearning

Living Turmoil

Full

Strings Attached

Missing Melodies

Because I don’t know the answer…

I know…

On Finding No Words

Half-caste

Blind Man’s Stride

A High Price

Hell’s Cacophony

The Enemy Within

Another Blow

Gaps

So Long

Ticking Boxes

Playing the Part

Shattered

Not in Denial

Liars

In the flesh

Depths

The Storm is Coming

The Forest of Fears

Diutius

A Poet’s Legacy

Awaiting Sunrise

Who is greater?

Morning will come…

Ache

A Need

Back to Living

Standing

Tears

The Colour of Words

A Sip of Remembrance

Stray

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Iam indebted to many people who contributed to making this collection of poems a possibility, including:

My mother, who did not live to see this book published but whose company always provided me with warmth and safe harbour in all weathers, I pray she now rests in eternal sunshine;

my father, whose phenomenal ambition and drive are a continuous source of motivation for me, and who has supported me in my interests and encouraged me from a young age to write, and for whom this book is about ten years late in coming;

Anse Tamara, my spiritual guide, mentor, lighthouse, who both inspired and nurtured my journey and the poems that speak of it from the very first piece I showed her as we sat in Damascus what seems a lifetime ago;