A Common Womb and other poems

About the Book

The Poems are varied and touch on many human emotions familiar to us all.
*A young love destroyed by alcohol
*A woman ponders a long ago love affair
*A woman wonders if she is to blame for the deaths of her lovers
*Critics and observers of society
*Grief and sadness
*Joy of family and friends
*Satire and depression

The Narratives reflect intricacies of human action and emotion. Whatever level of society, they exist in all of us if we look for them.

*A promiscuous woman perhaps created by a lack of parental love.
*A love-starved overweight boy bullied by his father.
*The effect of alcoholism on a young mother.
*The tragic results of malicious gossip on a middle-aged man.
*The ugliness of racism suffered by a young athlete.
*Infidelity and unrest in the thirties age group.
*A well liked but puzzling tongue-in-cheek regular patron.
*All of these people and more wait in the Brothers Bar.

About the Author

Neydine Miller Pille was born and attended schools in Chillicothe, Illinois and Illinois Central College. She has had poetry, and articles published in college publications, small literary papers, and local newspapers. In the 1980s, she produced and edited two poetry newsletters. She lives in Peoria, Illinois with her husband, Willis.