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poetry: new book of
poems available
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“Walkabout” by Diane Juliette Sherman offers original works intended to inspire others to look deeply within for answers to the most important questions
SPOKANE, Wash. – “Walkabout” (ISBN 0615482457), a collection of original poems by Diane Juliette Sherman, is a heartfelt homage to life lived without borders. Intended to inspire readers to reconsider their own limitations and unexplored avenues, the collection reveals Sherman’s life experiences in verse.
With a title inspired by the
ritual of wandering solitude
that young Aboriginal men make
as an initiation into adulthood,
the collection focuses on the
theme of finding one’s way
through the dark moments of life
and coming out the other side as
a more whole, integrated human
being. “I stroll through campus,
Wordsworth tucked under my arm,
rust-colored leaves dangle on
dry branches," Sherman writes in the title
poem, recalling the innocence
and curiosity of her college
years. Featuring vivid, personal
memories and lyrical
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presentations, the poems
transport readers through
Sherman’s eventful past.
“We are often told to follow rules, regurgitate already chewed on answers, and buck up and follow along,” Sherman says. “How do we find our true passion, our true calling, unless we listen deeply within? This book is an offering from my own curvy path: challenging initiations, the feeling of being lost with no oars on a stormy ocean, obstacles to tackle along the way and ultimately the transformative power of maturation through life's trials.” Intended to entertain and inspire, the collection is filled with detailed images recalling pivotal and pedestrian moments in Sherman’s life. Featuring previously unpublished works, the book offers a definitive statement on Sherman’s perspective as an artist.
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Buy the book
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free shipping, a signed copy
by Diane and a bookmark.
(or, you can
purchase the book on Amazon)
Here's what fellow authors had to say about the book:
"Diane's words speak with a raw freshness that sink in like
gentle rain on soft ground in one poem, bursting into bright
neon in the next. She weaves together that which is so
personal into bridges of connection and insight that reach
across this vastness of experience with provocative
uncompromising candor..."
Sarah Powers,
author of Insight Yoga
“In Diane Sherman’s debut collection, Walkabout, we are
invited to go on an intimate, spiritual journey... All of
our senses are engaged as we walk with her through chapters
of her life; through a series of relationships that speak of
love and betrayal; through self-doubt and temptation;
through the rigors demanded by strenuous wilderness treks.
Bravely facing every setback that empties her, Diane Sherman
opens anew to possibility and transformation. She fills, and
so do we. By the end of this book, her journey has become
our own...”
Rose Black,
author of Clearing and Winter Light
“Diane's poems reveal a unique and particular inner
landscape with fearless honesty. They show how the turn
toward the inner life--even when difficult and painful--can
lead to insight, strength, and healing. Diane gifts us with
these poems by inviting us to take this turn, too, and to
make ourselves fearlessly vulnerable, as she does, again and
again, to the truth of our history and the truth of our life
as it is now.”
Cybčle Tomlinson
author of Simple Yoga and Ayurveda Wisdom
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Lightbeam Publishing
E-mail: walkabout@lightbeampublishing.com
Phone: (408) 712-5132
Web: www.lightbeampublishing.com
REVIEW COPIES, INTERVIEWS AND READINGS AVAILABLE
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