Falling In Love

Falling In Love

Have you ever "fallen" in love? It has always seemed strange to describe the moment of awakening to the beloved as “falling” in love. Falling implies a kind of losing control, which certainly applies, but also evokes an image of crashing to the ground and this is not right. To me, the feeling is the astonished delight of being swept up in a great force, a kind of teetering on the edge, both falling and being held, and floating weightless in the hands of something divine.

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Love Will Not Give Up

Love Will Not Give Up

This article is the conclusion excerpted from my latest book of Poetry: Falling Before Grace: I offer these poems to all who wonder, in the dark hours of life, if they have been left out or if they are unworthy of love. I offer them from the simple lesson poetry returns to me over and over again: even when I give up on love, love will not give up on me.

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For Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day

Throughout the ages, seekers, suitors and sweethearts have turned to poetry to celebrate the arrival of love and to lament the loss of love. Falling Before Grace offers poems for every phase of love: from love at first sight to the mellowed love of those who have shared a lifetime together, and everything in between. A perfect gift for Valentine's Day!

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