Ninety soul-stirring poems by three authors are woven together in this beautiful, uplifting book. The writing is clear, sparkling, sophisticated, heart-felt, and non-dogmatic. Offered as a vital counterpoint to a world rife with anxiety, strife, divisions, confusion, uprootedness, and fear, the book's themes include natural connections, identities, relationships, time, eternity, visions, dreams, and fantasies.

This is a collection of seventy-seven poems selected both for their exquisite beauty and for their ability to facilitate feelings of peace and renewal in the reader. It includes primarily contemporary poems, as well as twenty-three classics. Carol Mays has compiled the poems, and she is also one of the primary authors, along with Richard Bachtold.

This book begins by presenting a realistic approach to discovering and creating enchantment and intrigue in daily life. It then moves into poems of enchantment and finally into a novella about a nature-lover, who comes across a mysterious carnival in a Massachusetts forest. In the course of this adventure, the young woman sees an unexplained light, becomes involved with a secret society, and ends up accidentally transforming her hometown. The author's writing style is succinct, clear, poetic, and fast-moving, and the book offers sparkling images, expansive ideas, fanciful entertainment, sober...

Written in an engaging, wide-ranging, and at times provocative style, this book describes a novel approach for building a workable and emotionally rewarding faith in the 21st century. It also concisely addresses what the author perceives to be helpful and unhelpful aspects of various religions and philosophies. It details ways in which certain aspects of culture interfere with spirituality in general. At once critical of society and protective of the soul, it is a reliable, enjoyable resource for living spiritually in an increasingly complex world.

This book offers a respite from a world in which stress and negative images abound. Poet Carol Mays has compiled these uplifting poems from many sources, including the work of classical poets, musicians, and her own prior publications and more recent writings. Positive, clear, beautiful writing is hard to find in today's culture, and this is a treasure trove. Themes include nature, connection, fantasy, magic, hope, and play. The poems range from fanciful to sublime, simple to sophisticated, and gentle to passionate. The reader is sure to find something in this pages that brings light and...

This book offers a respite from a world in which stress and negative images abound. Poet Carol Mays has compiled these uplifting poems from many sources, including the work of classical poets, musicians, and her own prior publications. Positive, clear, beautiful writing is hard to find in today's culture, and this is a treasure trove. The poems range from fanciful to sublime, simple to sophisticated, and gentle to passionate. The author has published a nearly identical book entitled Uplifting Poems, using a slightly different format. The reader is sure to find something in these pages that...