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On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. Her poem "The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country" can now be cherished in this special gift edition, perfect for any reader looking for some inspiration. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this remarkable keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.
The left shoe angrily kicked the right shoe's heel;
it wanted to step into its space ideal
instead of being forced to move sideways
and switch its preplanned straight path into a maze.
In the narrative poem "The Joys of Learning on Graduation Day," two shoes have stage rage. Like these shoes, we may occasionally want only a single straight path. Most times, though, the mazes of our lives completely amaze us. Especially on a holiday or a celebration, we love having the freedom to choose our way amid diverse pathways.
Holidays Amaze has different kinds of poetry: maze poems, prayer poems, shaped poems, sonnets, and narratives. The varied poems are enhanced by Christian content, historic elements, dream/reality sections, and amazing interactions among family members, friends, and animals. In Holidays Amaze, success often happens, such as with resolutions on New Year's Day, an unblocked writer's block, a reduction of anxiety, and a decrease in impatience while waiting in line.
Multimodal elements add to the amazing content of Holidays Amaze. Images are visible in the mazes, photos, metaphors, formats, shapes, and icons. Aural components can be heard in the rhythms, rhymes, alliteration, and other sound elements.
In this deeply moving collection, Reese Landry explores the tender spaces between longing and loss, between the hope we carry and the disappointments that shape us. With unflinching honesty and lyrical grace, she navigates the complexities of motherhood, the weight of expectations, and the quiet moments of beauty that sustain us through life's storms.
From lakeside reflections that capture fleeting peace to the raw examination of relationships that leave us changed, these poems reveal a poet unafraid to confront both light and shadow. Landry's voice is intimate yet universal, speaking to anyone who has ever held "half a hope" while bracing for heartbreak.
Hope, Love and The Lack Thereof is a testament to resilience-a collection that finds profound meaning in life's contradictions and discovers that sometimes our most honest moments come from acknowledging what we don't know, rather than what we do.
In this deeply moving collection, Reese Landry explores the tender spaces between longing and loss, between the hope we carry and the disappointments that shape us. With unflinching honesty and lyrical grace, she navigates the complexities of motherhood, the weight of expectations, and the quiet moments of beauty that sustain us through life's storms.
From lakeside reflections that capture fleeting peace to the raw examination of relationships that leave us changed, these poems reveal a poet unafraid to confront both light and shadow. Landry's voice is intimate yet universal, speaking to anyone who has ever held "half a hope" while bracing for heartbreak.
Hope, Love and The Lack Thereof is a testament to resilience-a collection that finds profound meaning in life's contradictions and discovers that sometimes our most honest moments come from acknowledging what we don't know, rather than what we do.