A collection of poems all written by Aaron R. Ziegler. The Good News of Music Summary: Ellis Ray has seen his life go to hell by the overbearing demands of a father he has once distanced himself from in following the successful love of his life in the musical artist destined to make it big, Maria Evangeline Christina while Ellis Ray is a talented writer in all fields. He careens off a cliff while driving to join his lover on her musical tour with her band causing Ellis to descend to a level he thought not possible. Ellis Ray must go through running the family business of ruling Hell until he learns the woman he loves is about to make a deal with a greater evil for her soul, that evil is his father. Ellis Ray with the help of a friend win back the woman of his dreams who her blessed music saves the world.

From the Blues to the Good News takes the reader through multiple themes, from inspirational and educational rap lyrics, romantic and seasonal poetry, to avant-garde. The reader will be inspired, enlightened, experience the wonder of romance in the love poems and be pleasantly dazzled by the avant-garde poems.

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be." Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such greats as Silverstein, Seuss, Nash and Lear, Harris's hilarious debut molds wit and wordplay, nonsense and oxymoron, and visual and verbal sleight-of-hand in masterful ways that make you look at the world in a whole new wonderfully upside-down way. With enthusiastic endorsements from bestselling luminaries such as Lemony Snicket, Judith Viorst, Andrea Beaty, and many others, this entirely unique collection offers a surprise around every corner. Adding to the fun: Lane Smith, bestselling creator of beloved hits like It's a Book and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, has spectacularly illustrated this extraordinary collection with nearly one hundred pieces of appropriately absurd art. It's a mischievous match made in heaven! "Ridiculous, nonsensical, peculiar, outrageous, possibly deranged--and utterly, totally, absolutely delicious. Read it! Immediately!" --Judith Viorst, bestselling author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Faith, Hope and Poetry explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, Malcolm Guite applies the insights of poetry to contemporary issues and the contribution poetry can make to our religious knowing and the way we 'do Theology'. Readers of this book will return to their reading of poetry equipped with new insights and enthusiasm and will be challenged to integrate imaginative ways of knowing into their other academic and intellectual pursuits.