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    Flow of Soul Poetry
    Flow of Soul Poetry
    Flow of Soul Poetry
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    Flow of Soul Poetry

    By Paul Richman

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    Flow of Soul Poetry is over thirty-five years in the making. My poems traveled to this digital destination on a long and winding journey, a rhythmic road of recitations and redos of poetic utterances by this broken down shell of a man, who is moved by your affirmation of emotional healing and release of soul-crushing pain because of them. I thank the Lord for keeping me out of the rabbit hole after long struggles with PTSD and severe health issues due to military service.

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    If only I could melt, into a puddle of His promises, whereby God’s light would shine strongly down upon me, and evaporate me straight up to Heaven.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristian Faith Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateApr 5, 2022
    ISBN9781639614943
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      Flow of Soul Poetry - Paul Richman

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      Flow of Soul Poetry

      Paul Richman

      Copyright © 2022 by Paul Richman

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

      Christian Faith Publishing

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      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      Once For All Time (2004)

      A Christ-Lived Life

      High Noon (2015)

      I Thirst (2017)

      Upward Bound (2015)

      This Is Your Heaven (2018)

      On Dry Land (2017)

      Like Two Rays of the Distant Sun (2015)

      The Fall and the Rise (2016)

      The Bow after the Rain (2018)

      In Hope against Hope (2004)

      Your Joy (2018)

      Reflection of a Tear (2004)

      The Flow of Soul (2004)

      There Was No Us (2019)

      My Valentine (2019)

      The Persevering Daughter and the Enduring Son 

      (2018)

      Veteran’s Day (2018)

      The Fourth (2016)

      Once For All Time (2004)

      His dust-caked sandals on a well-trodden path,

      Our quenched thirst for truth in the aftermath.

      His spiritual words, never before spoken,

      Our non-ordained traditions, intentionally broken.

      His concepts

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