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Description:The Blue Hour Anthology is 209 pages of poetry, prose, photographs, painting, and sculpture. It features a vast array of styles and subjects, perspectives and life experiences.It contains some of our favorite and highest quality pieces that were published in our online magazine, http://thebluehourmagazine.com, between March 2013 and June 2013.This book was professionally printed with a perfect binding. It is printed in full color, on high quality paper, measures 5x7 inches and has a soft cover featuring two original photographs.Sample poems:: Namesbefore a shut door tore home into reverberation echoes of mispronunciations your name. before the lines cut a string between two cans. treetop smiles to name the birds all the wrong things. and i call this memory a photograph: captured grace in the digital paints, and a smilethat lingers, forgiven even before the door shut.By Jeffrey GraessleyComfortWhat they don’t tell you when you’re struggling Is how beautiful the struggle is How one day you’ll look back on those days As the most gold tinted of your lifeWhat they don’t tell you when things become comfortable And you don’t have to sweat and reach for every little thing Is that comfort is insidious That it puts up walls painted in pretty colors To hide the institutional grey underneath How tendrils come up from the couch Pretty little clinging vines that tighten when you try to moveWhat they don’t tell you is the walls are made of cardboard That bend and mildew when it rains That the tendrils grow tiny thorns that irritate the skin That soon the embrace of comfort becomes hands around your neckWhen that happens, you have two choices You can stop resisting and accept your pretty prison Convincing yourself that you aren’t settling That really, this is such a nice little life And comfort just likes you a whole lot and doesn’t mean to be suffocating Or you can begin the process of disentangling the vines And knocking down the walls.I suggest your motions be covert at first, Snipping away thorns when comfort has it’s back turned Tiny movements to prepare for the breakBut soon, you’ll just have to take that leap Wrench comfort’s hands away And kick the walls downI promise you, it’s the only way you’ll remember that your alive.By Brandi ReynoldsContributorsAdam Riglian, Adena Bailey, A.G. Dumas, Ally Malinenko, Anjumon Sahin, April Michelle Bratten, Aprilia Zank, Ashley Strain, B.A. Varghese, Bernadette McCabe, Brandi Reynolds, Byron Beynon, Casey Coviello, Catfish McDaris, Conrad Schafman, D.A. Pratt, David Bader, Dawn Schout, Dawnell Harrison, Donal Mahoney, Elizabeth Cook, Ernest Williamson, Frank Reardon, Gail Goepfert, Gillian Prew, Gina Marie Lazar, Glenn Johnson, Heather Minette, Heidi Benson, Ivan Jenson, James H Duncan, James Owens, Janet McCann, Jeffrey Graessley, Jeremy Nathan Marks, Jessica Miller, Joan McNerney, Joe Donnelley, John Grochalski, John Swain, Jon Bennet, Joseph Briggs, Joy Bye, Katie Gebler, Ken Windsor, Kevin Ridgeway, Lorainne Caputo, Marc Carver, Mari Sanchez Cayuso, Marianne Szlyk, Marcia Pradzinski, Mark Redford, Marlena Stewart, Matthew Harrison, Maureen Sudlow, Michael C. Keith, Michael Fitzgerald-Clarke, Michael Keshigan, Michele Seminara, Miguel Jacq, Mitchell Krochmalnik Grabois, Moriah LaChapell, Nishant Verma, Peter L. Scacco, Philip Vermaas, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Rohit Gautam, Ronald Moran, Russell Streur, Susan Daniels, Susana Case, Susie Sweetland GarayWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blue Hour Anthology, Volume Two. To get started finding The Blue Hour Anthology, Volume Two, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 209

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Blue Hour Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 0989013723

Description: The Blue Hour Anthology is 209 pages of poetry, prose, photographs, painting, and sculpture. It features a vast array of styles and subjects, perspectives and life experiences.It contains some of our favorite and highest quality pieces that were published in our online magazine, http://thebluehourmagazine.com, between March 2013 and June 2013.This book was professionally printed with a perfect binding. It is printed in full color, on high quality paper, measures 5x7 inches and has a soft cover featuring two original photographs.Sample poems:: Namesbefore a shut door tore home into reverberation echoes of mispronunciations your name. before the lines cut a string between two cans. treetop smiles to name the birds all the wrong things. and i call this memory a photograph: captured grace in the digital paints, and a smilethat lingers, forgiven even before the door shut.By Jeffrey GraessleyComfortWhat they don’t tell you when you’re struggling Is how beautiful the struggle is How one day you’ll look back on those days As the most gold tinted of your lifeWhat they don’t tell you when things become comfortable And you don’t have to sweat and reach for every little thing Is that comfort is insidious That it puts up walls painted in pretty colors To hide the institutional grey underneath How tendrils come up from the couch Pretty little clinging vines that tighten when you try to moveWhat they don’t tell you is the walls are made of cardboard That bend and mildew when it rains That the tendrils grow tiny thorns that irritate the skin That soon the embrace of comfort becomes hands around your neckWhen that happens, you have two choices You can stop resisting and accept your pretty prison Convincing yourself that you aren’t settling That really, this is such a nice little life And comfort just likes you a whole lot and doesn’t mean to be suffocating Or you can begin the process of disentangling the vines And knocking down the walls.I suggest your motions be covert at first, Snipping away thorns when comfort has it’s back turned Tiny movements to prepare for the breakBut soon, you’ll just have to take that leap Wrench comfort’s hands away And kick the walls downI promise you, it’s the only way you’ll remember that your alive.By Brandi ReynoldsContributorsAdam Riglian, Adena Bailey, A.G. Dumas, Ally Malinenko, Anjumon Sahin, April Michelle Bratten, Aprilia Zank, Ashley Strain, B.A. Varghese, Bernadette McCabe, Brandi Reynolds, Byron Beynon, Casey Coviello, Catfish McDaris, Conrad Schafman, D.A. Pratt, David Bader, Dawn Schout, Dawnell Harrison, Donal Mahoney, Elizabeth Cook, Ernest Williamson, Frank Reardon, Gail Goepfert, Gillian Prew, Gina Marie Lazar, Glenn Johnson, Heather Minette, Heidi Benson, Ivan Jenson, James H Duncan, James Owens, Janet McCann, Jeffrey Graessley, Jeremy Nathan Marks, Jessica Miller, Joan McNerney, Joe Donnelley, John Grochalski, John Swain, Jon Bennet, Joseph Briggs, Joy Bye, Katie Gebler, Ken Windsor, Kevin Ridgeway, Lorainne Caputo, Marc Carver, Mari Sanchez Cayuso, Marianne Szlyk, Marcia Pradzinski, Mark Redford, Marlena Stewart, Matthew Harrison, Maureen Sudlow, Michael C. Keith, Michael Fitzgerald-Clarke, Michael Keshigan, Michele Seminara, Miguel Jacq, Mitchell Krochmalnik Grabois, Moriah LaChapell, Nishant Verma, Peter L. Scacco, Philip Vermaas, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Rohit Gautam, Ronald Moran, Russell Streur, Susan Daniels, Susana Case, Susie Sweetland GarayWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blue Hour Anthology, Volume Two. To get started finding The Blue Hour Anthology, Volume Two, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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