Holiday Sale—100 Words: Small Servings of Whimsy and Wisdom

I’m having a book sale. More on that in a moment.

First, here’s a reading of one of the poems from the book. I hope you enjoy it.

From now through the end of January, 100 Words: Small Servings of Whimsy and Wisdom is on sale if you order from me directly. I’ll send a signed copy with a matching bookmark to you or to anyone you designate and include a handwritten gift card with your personal message.

If you’d like multiple copies and live in the local Asheville area and can pick them up, there’s an even better deal. Wrapped in a clear plastic sleeve, they make beautiful additions to gift baskets. Some real estate agents have been taking advantage of the local special price. If you order ten or more, I deliver! Write to me at Terri@InCareOfRelationships.com for more information.

Here is a list of poems in the book.

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
All That Falls……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
As Above, So Below…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
Gaining Wisdom…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7
Come See Me………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9
The Moment to Wake Up …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Morning Glory………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
No Longer Here………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Yes. Change Is Gonna Come. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17
What He Said …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19
Flood Rain’s Faithful Sister…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
My Old Friend, Change……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23
Simple Love………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 25
Another Light Lesson ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 27
The Agony and Ecstasy of Moving On …………………………………………………………………………………………. 29
On Love …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31
Tiny Bird Crosses the Road ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
On Restraint……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35
One or Two ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 37
Help Me. No, Don’t…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39
The Scoop on True Partnership……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41
How to Realize Your Beauty……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Tom Brady and Me ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 45
What’s Cookin’ in Your Relationship Kitchen? ……………………………………………………………………………… 47
So Many Visitors……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 49
When Less Is More……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 51
Growing in the Cracks……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
Maybe Nike Figured it Out ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 55
When There’s Room ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 57
Pearls in the Morning ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Looking Up Through Rain………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 61
Peaches and Cream ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 63
Diamonds on the Soles of His Shoes ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 65
Teach Me O Death About Love ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 67
Give it to the River…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
The World That Love Built …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 71
Trusting Your Way…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 73
A Light Story ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 75
Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 79

ALL THAT FALLS

Do you love things that cascade?

Do you adore rain falling in sheets

or over the ledge, splashing clear joy?

Do you love velvet drapes plunging

into a royal red pile on the stage of life?

How about wisteria, how it drenches

spring in ribbons of lush lavender,

how the breathless beauty falls

through cracks, over fences,

how it softens the edges of anything?

Then there is the matter of the knees.

Slowly, willingly they descend

into the dark depths when all

is lost, or seems to be.

What falls calls you

   unfastens you

      opens you.

With time, lifts you.

Here’s one more.

FLOOD RAIN’S FAITHFUL SISTER

Rains come, pounding rooftops,

   saturating every inch of soil

      down to the deep.

Water creeps under floorboards,

   pours past garage doors,

      gushes into low-lying collection basins.

Bridges connecting small

   country roads turn impassable,

      the ones aging at the bottom

of mountains near abandoned

   railroad tracks.

      Grief is a sister to flood rain.

Holding hands, they roll

   over restraining walls.

      Together they stream, surge, cascade—

out over the land

   of the heart, into valleys

      of the mind, through the dark woods.

Grief is love uncaged—

   overflowing, endless love.

      Grief is love realized and released.

Grief is love let free.

If you have any questions, please contact me Terri@InCareOfRelationships.com.

Happy Holidays!

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ON SALE: To get your signed copy of 100 Words: Small Servings of Whimsy and Wisdom (poetry and photography) go here. You can send copies directly to friends for the Holidays, including a hand-written gift card.

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