Written over a period of more than 50 years, "The Shadow of Rainbows: 100 Life Poems" by Evelyn Bell is a collection which ranges from fanciful word-plays to thoughtful and deeply emotional expressions. Disappointments in romantic love inspired many poems, but most deal more broadly with people and relationships. An appreciation of nature and beauty is expressed in most of Bells work. Sporadic rhymes and surprising punchlines are common to her style. While living in San Francisco during the mid-1970's, Evelyn penned 200 poems during a 12 month period. A small selection of these appear in...

Written over a period of more than 50 years, "The Shadow of Rainbows: 100 Life Poems" by Evelyn Bell is a collection which ranges from fanciful word-plays to thoughtful and deeply emotional expressions. Disappointments in romantic love inspired many poems, but most deal more broadly with people and relationships. An appreciation of nature and beauty is expressed in most of Bells work. Sporadic rhymes and surprising punchlines are common to her style. While living in San Francisco during the mid-1970's, Evelyn penned 200 poems during a 12 month period. A small selection of these appear in...

Through uplifting and thought-provoking anecdotes, Evelyn Bell provides an interesting commentary on our society at large-that devotion and faith in a higher power are what keeps humanity alive. "Short Stories from Florida" reinforces the notion of faith and what it means to believe in God. Bell introduces us to people in both everyday and extraordinary circumstances: an American soldier stationed in Afghanistan, fighting in an unjust war; a woman whose faith is polluted by the attitudes of others; and a woman, who remains calm in choppy waters, is allowed to see and hear more clearly. These...