Echoes
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The Gift
They come to the garden
one by one.
I meet them each night
beneath the smile of sister moon.
They come mute, and I see
the desperation in their eyes.
They have no words.
No words to call their own;
only those borrowed or stolen.
So I give each a word;
a word they have never heard,
a word they have never known.
The surprise and joy in their eyes
is like a child's.
Often they bring gifts, simple things
made with steady and earnest hands.
I welcome them: I am full of words.
Just bursting at the seams.
They are such expensive things.
Such fragile things.
Coming to us from the Mystery:
pushing their way up through us,
taking form in the midnite air.
Talismans.
Full of magic.
And I a conduit for my brothers
and sisters;
my only gift: words.
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About the Book
Echoes is a fantasy told in verse by the young shapeshifter poet Christopher Crow. In a realm where Griffins and Centaurs prowl, Crow navigates a harsh interior landscape of barren rock and dry deserts. He is driven by his quest to find "the Other", the light half of his own dark soul. In this private quest mirrors are abundant and Crow uses them as doorways to weave in and out of reality and fictional worlds,
all the while keeping a diary of verse that translates to the reader a life intensely lived, an object of his quest obsessively sought after.
About the Author
S.D. Carpenter is a writer, sculptor and musician. He has a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and has taught all ages the joy found in creative endeavors. He has published two earlier books: City on the Palm of Silence and Exile and the Kingdom.For the book Echoes, Carpenter has for the first time come to rely on the voice of his friend and Other Christopher Crow. Carpenter resides in Prague Oklahoma. Like an echo, wherever Carpenter is found, Crow can usually be found as well.