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Hi Lisa.....

                I read your poems slowly twice over to get immersion into the words and ideas....here are some of my reactions:-

               ....there is a lot of angst in these words and which hint strongly of a one to one relationship that is still passionately felt. There is a lot of yearning, longing emotions in these poems.

               ...lines have been worded with opposite ideas which catches the reader's imagination...eg I was feeling the future present ( Prediction ) and most of Hide and Seek.

               ...lines with "new" ideas eg I will look for you in someone else's eyes ( I will look for you ), wait for my heart and head to catch up with each other ( Pierced through the heart ), these word surface and leap onto the page ( Driven ) and pray the two are the same ( Downtime ).

                 I would think that lots of your readers will feel that it is they that have written these poems as they too have similiar situations/questions they have asked in past/present.

                 Each poem contains a lot of sensitivity despite brief lines eg Stand beside the Truth. You have put your soul into words and they do have meanings each of us could read into according to our circumstances.

  Peace and well wishes for more sales of your 2 books as time goes by. 

                 May your days bless you with spirit and creativity and let you be a strength to self and others...kahwah.

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