Exiled mentally from thoughts of being king. Told my history started with slavery, my offspring destined for the same suffering. Kept quiet expressing one's theories felt vain, till' the heart conquered this tongue and pen, enlightening a rebellious spirit to proceed humane. Eyes closed yet vision I retain to search deep within myself to finding myself In a tomb secured by barbwire and chain. Broke the restraints to reclaim what's left of my remains. A crown present with images of the kingdom I obtain. Livening up my spirit as my soul proclaims...Birth of a King

From the author-illustrator of The Book of Mistakes comes a gorgeous picture book about caring for your own heart and living with kindness and empathy. My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide. Some days your heart is a puddle or a fence to keep the world out. But some days it is wide open to the love that surrounds you. With lyrical text and breathtaking art, My Heart empowers all readers to listen to the guide within in this ode to love and self-acceptance.

A gritty, bold, and a fierce reality of one person's life from living in darkness to walking in the Light. A heart-to-heart experience of a tragic life turned for the better. A perfect read for those feeling lost, broken, and confused. Each poetic flow comes from a prophetic realm of walking in an intimate, spontaneous, and free-living spirit. Every rhyme is focused on bringing the reader to a level of brokenness leading to a place of healing, inspiration, and freedom. The flow of each poem will remind the reader of a place that is better and can be reached through coming to a place of surrender. The poetry will inspire generations to rise into the creative people that God has called us to be. This book will lead, teach, and inspire each reader to be creative and use every creative gift to reach those around them. The creative flow of this book gives insight to how one man's story turned into a legacy of greatness. The poems have a specific flow that can be used for spoken word, a rhyme on a freestyle album, or a book like this. Creativity can be used to impact anyone that is willing to pick up a book and read something that will change lives. My life is a testimony that I hope shines light on who we are, how awesome we are, and how-to walk in freedom from tragedy. I believe this book brings anyone that is in need of change to the one and only Savior Jesus Christ. This is where you begin.

This collection of writing is unique and in a category of its own. It combines poems that run the whole range of human emotion, and you will have your heart broken. But not to worry as you will fall in love again. You will be sad, and you may even cry. But dry your eyes because there is a smile and a laugh waiting for you. You will be afraid and maybe even terrified, but it’s okay because you will be safe and comforted. Get ready for an amazing journey as you read Ramblings from a Creative Mind.

“Certain lines had become like incantations to me, words I’d chanted to myself through sorrow and confusion” —Cheryl Strayed, Wild “The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman’s heart and mind in language for everybody—language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than this.”—Boston Evening Globe

Five of Coleridge's major poems are given fresh scrutiny in this arresting study. One of its unusual features is the attention given the Preface to "Kubla Khan," the Gloss to The Ancient Mariner, and other prose accompaniments to the poems usually dismissed as extraneous. Devices such as these, the author argues, are strategically employed by Coleridge in an effort to engage the reader in a fully imaginative response. Kathleen Wheeler elucidates the texts in terms of aesthetic experience and also in terms of the philosophical principles that inform them, showing how Coleridge's theories of mind and imagination function within the poems and shape their design. A subtle and gifted reader of poetry, she enriches our understanding of poems we thought we knew well, and provides insights along the way into the creative process.