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This book attempts to demonstrate that no subject is inappropriate for poetry if it is artfully presented. The signal events of life are varied and often limitless, from joy and celebration, to hope and love, to loss and death. Verse, therefore, can be a resource and medium for interpreting these experienced events, and, often, for achieving some sense of triumphant resolution.
"Bittersweet poems penned by a devout and brilliant
heart.”
—Donna Marie Todd, storyteller and author, Navigating Loss: A
Survival Guide for the Newly Widowed
“English poet A. E. Housman wrote, ‘The essential business of
poetry . . . is to harmonise the sadness of the Universe, and it is
somehow more sustaining and healing than prose.’ In his latest
collection, composed largely in a time of COVID, Thomas Ronald
Vaughan offers reflections on life which, while facing its
struggles and challenges, yet offers the reader the strength and
the resolve to discover its beauties and consolations. Highly
recommended!”
—Ray Moore, author of 1066: Year of the Five Kings
“In this exquisite collection of poems, Vaughan retreads space
inhabited by poets, philosophers, saints, novelists, artists, and
other notables. He opens a new window on their thoughts and works,
offering fresh insights and reflections. With a poet’s pen, he
navigates terrain between hopefulness and despair. He clearly sees
and celebrates the beauty in God’s creation, and knows that pain
and suffering are our common humanity.”
—Douglas E. Rhoney, counselor
Thomas Ronald Vaughan has spent his career as a healthcare
administrator and a parish minister in two mainline denominations.
This is his fifth book of poetry, and he has written two works of
theology. He and his wife, Jayne, live in the mountains of western
North Carolina.