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Sonnets of Faith
A Journey of Reflective Devotion
Jeffrey Elliott Cruz & Emily Jane Elliott Nardacci
About the Book
“””Sonnets of Faith”” is a superbly written work of poetry, psalms, and sonnets, which focus on the precepts and meaning of faith in everyday life. “”Sonnets of Faith”” is unique, but also, in keeping with the wonderful tradition of poets of faith, such as Eliza R. Snow.The book also includes two additional subsections: a subsection of romantic poetry, and a section of bonus poetry. Both of these subsections tantalize the reader with a wide variety of concepts and themes.
The book “”Sonnets of Faith”” is well worth the read and will enrich and sustain the reader with salient insights, inspirational themes and quotable lines.
”About the Author
JEFFREY ELLIOTT CRUZ received his A.A. in Business and History from West Valley College in Saratoga, California. He furthers his studies by obtaining a B.S. degree in Psychology and an extra major skill in writing from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Mr. Elliott also holds a J.D. from Santa Clara Law School in Santa Clara, California. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Real Estate Department at Mission College in Santa Clara, California and has a small law practice in San Jose, California.EMILY JANE ELLIOTT NARDACCI is the daughter of Jeffrey Elliott Cruz and has been writing at an early age. She has graced this work with a composition, entitled “Memories”, written just after her grandmother, Carol Marilyn Curtis, passed from this life. She lives in Afton, Wyoming and is the proud mother of Ryder Otto Hillstead.
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In Search of the Lost, Volume 3
Somewhere East of Eden
JEFFREY ELLIOTT CRUZ & EMILY JANE ELLIOTT NARDACCI
About the Book
“””In Search of the Lost: Volume 3″” is the sum accumulation of the authors’ personal perspective and search for meaning within the context of the life journey. In hindsight, Volume 1 is the essence of the authors’ beginning, while Volume 2 is the poets’ attempt at looking toward the light. Volume 3 is beyond the metaphorical Eden, sojourning, into the diversity of the world domain, highlighted by a connection with his deceased father.It is both Emily’s and Jeffrey’s hope that readers may take a poetic and lyrical ride on this metaphysical life safari.
”About the Author
JEFFREY ELLIOTT CRUZ received his A.A. in Business and History from West Valley College in Saratoga, California. He furthers his studies by obtaining a B.S. degree in Psychology and an extra major skill in writing from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Mr. Elliott also holds a J.D. from Santa Clara Law School in Santa Clara, California. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Real Estate Department at Mission College in Santa Clara, California and has a small law practice in San Jose, California.EMILY JANE ELLIOTT NARDACCI is the daughter of Jeffrey Elliott Cruz and has been writing at an early age. She has graced this work with a composition, entitled “Memories”, written just after her grandmother, Carol Marilyn Curtis, passed from this life. She lives in Afton, Wyoming and is the proud mother of Ryder Otto Hillstead.
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The Story Of A Man
Marvin A. Hayes
About the Book
The Story Of A Man is a collection of poems that express emotions of love, pain, laughter, wisdom and self-reflection. Poetry has always been a passion of mine and it later became the avenue to express the memory of the comings and goings of my existence. This is the reason why I chose the title, “”The Story Of A Man.”” Many of the poems were written during my years in undergrad. My college years came and went; however years later I contemplated publishing them. It was then I decided to begin the journey to publish the story of my life.When thinking about the book cover and what I wanted to express to the reader, I chose to use my drawing of Muhammad Ali. Ali is one of my favourite hero’s and a poet himself. In fact the first poem in the book is about Muhammad Ali, a man with an amazing story of struggle and triumph. I selected his picture in hope of attracting the attention of readers who understand each person has an individual story. Just like Ali we all too may experience struggles, pain, and triumph. This book also includes photos that show that my life has been very full.
The photos in the book include pictures of my wife of 50yrs. Mrs. Geraldine Elaine Robinson Hayes, and our legacy which includes my two older children and our five children which makes for 30 grandchildren. I hope that each reader enjoys the poems and pictures and it encourages them to embrace the story of their own life.
About the Author
Marvin A. Hayes, poet, actor, songwriter, and retired U.S.A.F. Vietnam era veteran, a.k.a Jaribu Sasa, was born to Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hayes on September 5, 1948 in Fordyce Ark. In 1950, they moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he attended Cleveland Public Schools and Griswald Institute. This is where his passion for the arts first began.In 1971, he attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he studied English and Arts. He later went to Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated with Associate of Arts. He started his Acting career in 1980 and got his training at the infamous Karamu House under the stage name “”Abdullah Bey.”” There, he taught and appeared in a variety of plays. The Story Of A Man is a must read. He thanks God and dedicates this book to his family, which is his inspiration.
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Tales from the Disenchanted and Wisdom from the Haiku
Diana Leavengood Blanco
About the Book
“My poems are oftentimes born from some great sadness.
They usually speak of things that have been lost.
They try to catch the soul and trap the memory –
To tell the story…true…and– what–the cost.
I rhyme because it helps me to remember.
I rhyme so I must measure every word.
I rhyme to help those lost things live forever.
In rhyming, lilting, steeped-in-meaning verse.
Words can prevail past flesh or thoughts or empires,
And words can make souls live beyond the grave.
So Man will ever know the wonder of them –
The courage that they showed…the joy they gave.”About the Author
“After graduating from Duke University, I lived with my grandfather at the base of Diamond Head, travelled to Tahiti, hitchhiked across the face of Europe, then lived the life of an educated, working vagabond. I finally settled in California where I found…then later lost…a husband.
I worked for an amazing man who was a small animal veterinarian, a famous man who was an amazing thoroughbred racehorse trainer, and then a major newspaper. I bred and raced slow racehorses, ever hoping for a fast one. I was raised by my two children. Now that they are off to seek their fortunes, I am left to look back upon my life and see that it has fallen quite short of what I had imagined it would be. Most of the dreams are shattered or completely unrecognizable.
One of my fondest dream has been to tell the stories, meet out the wisdom, and paint the pictures of courage, beauty, love, tragedy, and cruelty in my poems and then give them to the world. If this one dream of all the dreams can now be fulfilled, perhaps I will find peace… ”
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In Search of the Lost
Volume 2: Look Towards the Light!
Jeffrey Elliott Cruz & Emily Jane Elliott Nardacci
About the Book
Since the publication of the first volume of “In Search of the Lost”, Volume Two, the poems in this work are a humble attempt to explore our human search for meaning and purpose. We hope you enjoy the poems in Volume Two. We believe both works should be explored together.Included in the second volume of “In Search of the Lost” are five poems originally included in the first volume: Streets of Fire, Gauisus Dia, Heaven Descends to Dwell, Amelia and Memories. Additionally, the poem “Search” was added upon from the version found in Volume One. We hope that you enjoy Volume Two as much as readers indicated they enjoyed Volume One.
This poetry is dedicated to Owen, Ryder, Matthew, Trace and to all my grandchildren.”
About the Author
JEFFREY ELLIOTT CRUZ received his A.A. in Business and History from West Valley College in Saratoga, California. He furthers his studies by obtaining a B.S. degree in Psychology and an extra major skill in writing from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Mr. Elliott also holds a J.D. from Santa Clara Law School in Santa Clara, California. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Real Estate Department at Mission College in Santa Clara, California and has a small law practice in San Jose, California.EMILY JANE ELLIOTT NARDACCI is the daughter of Jeffrey Elliott Cruz and has been writing at an early age. She has graced this work with a composition, entitled “Memories”, written just after her grandmother, Carol Marilyn Curtis, passed from this life. She lives in Afton, Wyoming and is the proud mother of Ryder Otto Hillstead.
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STOP trying to prove YOU’RE right AND START proving GOD is right
Eugene Abe
About the Book
“This book was impressed on me by the Lord, to wright these messages in poetic form. Never did anything like this in my life. As God would give me little titles I would wright them on paper which I kept in my pocket. Then most times within a week or two it would end up as a sermon in poetic form. This book covers multiple subjects which each of us face in life.
This book is designed for whoever reads this book, to cause you to think things out, and then to form your own thinking as how God would have you process it.
The emphasis of this book is to read and study it with an open mind, as you study the scriptures on your own. The reason there are few scriptures in this book is to cause you to want to search the scriptures yourself, to prove whether it is right or wrong. That is why God’s word informs us in 2 Timothy 2: 15, “Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
This scripture informs us that we are to study God’s word in order to find what God requires of us, what he empresses on our heart as taught by Jesus to us in Matthew 25: 14-30.
When we read and study God’s Word, read it with an open mind, asking him what he has for you today. We will never know it all, for we will keep learning till Jesus comes, or we leave this earth. Never allow people to put a guilt trip on you that you must know it all.”About the Author
It has been an amazing journey for this 74 year old man which has been a Christian for 62 years. Yet it has taken him to heights in the Lord, which he never dreamed possible. This has been an amazing journey for him as God has put a zeal in his heart like never before.For a man which never liked to study, and English was one of his worst subjects, yet God has put a hunger in his heart to be sure he knows the word properly. He has taken to heart, that he can be wrong in his thinking, and that he is more than willing to change to God’s way rather than his own thinking. He is not interested in man’s thoughts, but only God’s. Knowing That Christ is coming soon.
Because of his hunger for the truth, God woke him up one night and gave him the thought, which has become the title of this book. He is totally convinced that any one which puts this truth in effect in their life, their life will be totally renewed in Christ. So much of the teaching which he once embraced was proven to be nothing but half-truth. It has given him a greater zeal than ever before, to find truth.
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My Dreams
Humanly Impossible; Supernaturally Possible
Waverly Shaw Creecy Knight
About the Book
For a season, my dreams seemed humanly impossible. There were times I would daydream about life without challenges. Then, I began to daydream about life without Christ. It didn’t take long to realize with Christ in my life, each challenge would become a stepping stone to a better life. My daydreams have now become dreams that are supernaturally possible for me to achieve.About the Author
The author, who is a published poet, enjoys writing poetry for any occasion as seen in her book. She uses different genres for the narrative in each of her collection of poems. She is a retired Educator from the Camden County School System in Camden, North Carolina.She is a proud high school honor graduate of Marian Anderson High School, Camden, NC and this is where she began her career as a Teacher Assistant. Before going back to Camden, she returned to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU – Viking Pride) where she was an honor graduate with a B.S. Degree in Intermediate Education (4-9), then she worked in Elizabeth City, NC (Pasquotank County) as a Secretary in a Special Program at the H.L.Trigg School. After that, she became the Secretary in the Office of the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Student Teaching at ECSU, Elizabeth City, NC.
She went back to her High School Alma Mater and the school was renamed Camden Middle School where she, then, began her career as a Language Arts/Math Teacher and taught until her retirement.
Before her retirement, she used her summers and weekends to teach High School Students (9-12th graders) in her chosen field in The Upward Bound Program for many years on the campus of ECSU. The author enjoyed her career working with students in Camden and Pasquotank Counties. She was able to work with many students in the area of poetry, as well as other subjects that she taught. She used her God-given gift to assist students and hopefully, by reading her book, it will bring back memories of long ago and most of all, will allow one to find peace in the midst of a challenge, just as she has done.
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THE TIME OF STRANGENESS HAIKU
PANDEMIC INSPIRED TO KEEP SOMEONE SANE
Craig Allen Nelson
About the Book
In 2020, as the isolation of the worldwide pandemic spread, I explored ways to fill the empty space in my life by creating something positive that might also enrich the lives of others. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed sharing my photographs from all seven continents with friends, perhaps sometimes to their chagrin! Photography, and the simple structure of traditional Japanese Haiku, sparked my Pandemic Haiku flame; I attempted writing one, then continued to feed the fire and a new passion was born. During the “Time of Strangeness,” I posted over 100 Haiku with my photographs on social media, where the positive comments encouraged me to continue.
My fascination with the simple 5-7-5 syllabic structure of Haiku developed while teaching young children to read, most of whom enjoyed the puzzle-solving search for meaningful words with the correct number of syllables. Haiku usually contain a surprising twist in the third line; one that particularly intrigued the children was about a flying kite that when it fell to the ground was found to have no soul. I strived to include the unexpected in the third line of my Haiku.About the Author
Craig Allen Nelson, PhD., is a retired Educator who lives in a very old house in St. Peter, MN, with his two cats, Henry and Charlie, and a perennial-filled garden that surprises him every year with its constantly shifting beauty. Having taught at all elementary school levels, as well as being an adjunct professor at three Minnesota universities teaching Creative Writing, and Pedagogy for Educators, he has also mentored many novice teachers, studied Gifted Childrens’ Education, and Future Studies. -
Friendship
The Journey
Janice A. Euell
About the Book
The inspiration for “Friendship-The Journey “was to give readers the ability to transcend the boundaries of poetry, not confirming to a particular style or emotion. The book takes you on a journey where there are no walls. The differences in style do not paint the reader into a corner. It enables you to experience love, friendship, family, humor, inspiration, sensuality, sadness, and/or happiness, depending on your mood. Climb aboard and enjoy a calming experience that is salted with the cooling spirit of a waterfall and peppered with unpredictable adventure.
About the Author
Janice A. Euell is an outspoken, opiniated community activist. Her passion is to empower people to achieve their goals or in the absence of goals, help them set realistic ones. Euell also thrives on the empowerment of children, youth, and young adults. She was the founder of two successful community outreach programs that operated on the grounds of two apartment complexes for more than twenty (20) years.
Euell is the Creator and Host of a Podcast entitled, “Something to THINK About,” which gives volume to voices seldom heard by providing a platform where their opinions can openly and freely be expressed. She is also an avid enthusiast who has formed a “People Helping People Network” of businesses and non-profits that provide services to those in need to help improve their quality of life.Among her accomplishments:
Founder or of a one-of-a-kind youth empowerment model that inspired young males and females to strive for success using two Teen Clubs (Teens for Change and Teens for Success) proven to motivate, educate and encourage them to become responsible adults and productive citizens. Their positive behavior has been sustained for three (3) decades.
Received many awards, tributes, and other accolades from The Office of the Governor of Maryland, Prince George’s County Executive’s Office, The Maryland Center at Bowie State University, et al.
Establish a community network of politicians, businesses, law enforcement, churches, schools, parents, and their families
Has published two (2) books of poetry, “Poetry in the Key of Life,” and “Friend Ship,” which continues to be read and reviewed (Nationally and Internationally) a decade after its original publication.Mother of two (Darrell and Tamara, and proud Grandmother of three (Jakari, Laila’s and Isaiah).
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My Vision From God
Charmyne Fluker AKA "Charm"
About the Book
God has inspired me to write different stories and poems. While I was writing many of these thoughts on paper, I believe that in my heart, without any doubt, God used me in a unique way. I thank God for giving me the ability to share not only my thoughts, but who I am in Christ Jesus to an audience that is on fire for more of his awesomeness that is to be shared with humankind in all walks of life.
There are numerous people that need a little help reading the Bible for understanding. My unique way of writing is out of concern for wanting every soul that reads or hears about this book. I believe God wants to use me to assist him in reaching more people before he returns.
My desire is this book speaks to your inner spirit. In addition, it may inspire you to continue growing closer to the Lord with your spiritual ambition to mature in a special relationship with the Father of Heaven and of Earth.
About the Author
I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. I have resided in Greensboro, NC since 1986. I was a single parent, a blessed mother of two sons. I have been an active member of East White Oak Missionary Baptist Church. I have attended two years of Extension from Shaw Divinity College.
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