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The Poetry of Guanetta Gordon

*Songs of the Wind* - 70 poems in 12 parts, each for a month of the year		McGregor & Werner Washington, D. C., 1953
	"Poetry is an intimate introspection and the poet must use a personal approach to the subject with the idea of a universal appeal to others, who have all experienced love, grief, loneliness, hope, and expectancy."
	Contains "Paradox" - a hymn to the moon "Cathedral in the Rain" - ode to a war-torn cathedral
*Under the Rainbow Arch* - a collection of 106 poems		Windfall Press, Chicago, 1963
	"Follow the wind to poet land, where puddles along the road have rainbow remnants floating a la mode."
	Contains "Gypsy Fortune" - an encounter with fortune telling "New Wicks for old Lamps" - a reflection on llife's meaning
*Petals from the Moon*- 65 poems in five parts Petals from the Moon, Sickle Moon, Three Quarters Disc, Hunter's Moon, Full Cycle.		The Golden Quill Press, Francestown, New Hampshire,1971
	Contains "The Dream Reaper" - a woman learns her husband has been killed in Viet Nam (winner of The World Poetry Society's Distinguished Service Citation) "Night of the Soul" - a woman's agony as she becomes blind.
*Shadow Within the Flame* - 63 poems in 4 parts Dawn, Noon Cycle, Dusk, Moonrise.		The Golden Quill Press, Francestown, New Hampshire, 1973
	"Look deep into the flame of destiny where dreams interlace with life"

	Contains "Ride the Tempest" - the exhilaration of riding a surf board, the rhythm, the spray combined with physical motion, and ultimately, the challenge it represents in all of life. "Fringe of Holly" - two lovers separated by the Berlin Wall, each living in a different world, waiting, with little hope that they can ever marry.
Above Rubies: Women of the Bible		The Golden Quill press, Francestown, New Hampshire, 1976
	a tour de force in character insight through poetry; deals with 25 women in scriptures with Biblical references for each; represented are Eve, Lot's Wife, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Jochebed, Zipporah, Miriam, Rahab, Deborah, Delilah, Ruth, Hannah, Abishag, Bathsheba, Makeda-Queen of Sheba, Esther, Mary (at Bethleham), Elisabeth, Salome, Mary of Bethany, Nalda-Woman of Samaria, Mary (at the Foot of the Cross), Mary Magdalene (at the sepulcher)
	"To you who live beyond death's veil I send my love an incense, heavenward, to weld the bond."
*Red are the Embers -* published a year after the death of the author's husband of 56 years, this volume of 152 poems is divided into 7 parts: Pleasures, Places, Past, People, Paradox, Personal, Then Suddenly.		The Golden Quill Press Francestown, New Hampshire, 1980
	"Let the inner flame be fed with splendor that love may live as embers."
	Contains "Step Back Through Time" - grandmother's point of view "Pussycat Viewpoint" - humor from a feline perspective
*A Time of Destiny* - a volume of 127 poems, many new and some previously published works; the author's recapitulation of her poetic career; divided into six sections. In the author's own words "according to the cycle of life: childhood (Seedlings), youth (Saplings), adults (Species), the war years (Clouds of Suspense), the elders (Sandalwood), and a finale of laughter which I call Leprechauns."		The Golden Quill Press Francestown, New Hampshire, 1987
	"Someday my heart will start its flight towards God's eternity… how thin the veil that separates two worlds"


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The Poetry of Guanetta Gordon