Making Hell Nervous: Walking Beside the Jordan: A Cycle of Poetry

By M. E. Krystyna Zins

Making Hell Nervous: Walking Beside the Jordan; A Cycle of Poetry contains a collection of witty, ironic, insightful, and somewhat quirky musings compiled over decades (1971-2021) and ending as the isolation period of the Novel virus evolved into "Ode to Novel Virus" through unique and fortuitous turning of beloved phrases upside down to bestow novel meaning and breathing new life into them to describe overflowing emotions of love, loss, betrayal, intrigue, and mystique. This feature runs consistently through as imagery enlightens lyrical leanings to her roots (the Beatles, Donovan, Rick Springfield, Carly Simon), not to mention the theatrical influences (Les Mis, Grease, West Side Story). The Divide Motion Picture holds the distinction of inspiring "Desperado" and "Come Home."

Though we all may see our reflections mirrored back, the author promises that angst and ennui of beloved characters' "true stories" actually exist. Beginning with herself ("Sweet Ingenue," "Tired Young Girl's Lament," "Gypsy") and her sister ("Bluer Than Skies"), then moving to the royal romance of Andrew and Fergie ("Flying High"), and ending with political intrigue of Watergate ("Guerrilla Warfare Scandals").

Most of the poems were written in the eighties, during the time of the romance and intrigue of Luke and Laura on General Hospital and the arrival of infamous Dr. Noah Drake ("In Port Charles Town," "Doctor, Don't You Know?," "King of Heartache").

The premiere of Perry King's directorial debut, The Divide Motion Picture awoke the dream hidden deep in her heart to publish this book. A sermon by T. D. Jakes brought to light the realization that God bestowed every word upon the poetess, especially the creation of the title as she gratefully discovered the meaning of following your dream to cross over the Jordan.

May all who read this live long and prosper at a time such as this, of the Novel virus, as you too, "follow your dreams across the Jordan."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781685700324

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Making Hell Nervous

Walking Beside the Jordan: A Cycle of Poetry

M. E. Krystyna Zins

ISBN 978-1-68570-031-7 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68570-032-4 (digital)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020915849

Copyright © 2023 by M. E. Krystyna Zins

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.

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Flight

Eternal Friendship

Nevermore

Summer Is Over

Realization

Tired Young Girl's Lament

Intrigue

Circus

In Port Charles Town

Fantasy Man

King of Heartache

Doctor, Don't You Know?

Baby, I'm Really Gone on You!

Call

Sad Music

Heaven's Above

Open My Heart

Sweet Ingenue

New Year's Rockin' Eve

Endless Ribbon of Highway

Bluer Than Skies

So Many Ways

Child of God

Walk Away

Captive

Street Rat

Scared

Gypsy Dancer

Desiree's Eyes

Love Comes Alive

Lies

Water on the Moon

Guerilla Warfare

Man of the Year

Perennial Love

Love Is an Illusion

My Lonely Heart

Forever Alone

Today, Tomorrow, and Forevermore

Always

Tell Me Who's Gonna Hold Me When

All Nite

Flying High

We Are One Dream

Stars in Motion

Music Mania

More than a Hero

Head Over Heels

Smile in the Sunshine

Scandals

Precious

Moments

Until You

Sweet Sensation

Rainy Day Regrets

Holding On to Yesterday

Shattered Dreams

Object of Desire

Eyes of Eden

Bittersweet Romance

Desperado

Very

Come Home

Let Me Stay

Ode to Novel Virus

Hell Yes and Amen

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Dedication

To all my encouragers, including my mother (who gave me the subtitle for the anthology) as well as all my family, friends, and mentors, including Louise, Shoshana, and Paul, who inspired me to use my voice like the goddess Esther to tell the stories of the heart at a time such as this.

First, last, and foremost, I dedicate this book to Perry Firestone King, without whose direction this anthology would still be nothing more than a red-hot and blue mess on the editing room floor. If not for you, my words would remain only a dream deferred, hidden in the secret gardens of my heart. My praise to the great I Am whose wisdom always lit my footsteps in the darkness on the journey through the wilderness to my very destiny, especially as the bleakness of the Novel virus began. He anointed me with His words for my good and His glory and bestowed the title upon me in the final moments before publishing.

May you all live long and prosper! I wish you all my very love. Always.

Preface

This book has been forty years in the making. It represents a journey traveled through the wilderness in search of my destiny. It is the testimony of the love God puts in our heart and how we are to fulfill the destiny He has given us and how His serendipity and the synchronicity of His timing turn our impossible into His miracles.

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