An Overstanding of an Imperfect Love

By Gail Weston Shazor

PrefaceI have long been enamored by letters. In school, I remember spending many hours learning to write letters, cursive letters among my favorite. These letters gave voice to a much too quiet, much too serious child. Letters, words, conversation, language is always better with curlicues and flourishes. Poetry gives my extra a forum. I can diminish the I and become the more when ink meets paper. I write in styles. For me, it is never restricting or confining. I find it freeing and natural. My flourish is the challenge on a well done write. The creating of this book began with waking up and realizing that I had something to say. The habit of writing has allowed me to see that it was really never about the having to, but the needing to write. My truth, the way the world is revealed to me. I don't deny the ink and that can sometimes lead to uncomfortable moments. Isn't being a poet about being more than yourself? There is nothing about life that should be untouchable, no subject off limits, the bad and hard to talk about brought into the light and the good glorified. Words create conversation and when we talk in community, we might find a solution for a problem. We might make something new. We might sooth hurt and find joy in triumph. We might make the world a better place. My life has been a journey and I thank God for that passage. I am blessed to have lived in many different spaces in my life. Reading the pieces I have chosen will give you a taste of that path. Every place, every space, every person is a part of my journey and as we share this, my wish is that you nod your head, smile sometimes, be angry, laugh, cry and just understand that this is about being human. My wish is that we "might" because only then will we move to "can". In that moment we achieve an overstanding of our purpose, our path to become better people and add feet and hands to our prayers of consciousness. Bless up!Gail Weston ShazorAuthor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061579534X
• ISBN13: 9780615795348
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Inner Child Press, Ltd.
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"