Joy is the Thinnest Layer

Publisher: Homebound Publications

When the heart is touched it wants to sing songs of recognized experience. Call it poetry for then image, cadence and word melt together as one. This book of poems is about such experiences. That depth of feeling encompasses both desolation and consolation and so brings the reader close to the pulse of life, to joy, the thinnest layer.

About Gunilla Norris

Gunilla Norris has published eleven children’s books, one book of poetry, and several books on spirituality including: Being Home, Becoming Bread, Inviting Silence, A Mystic Garden, Simple Ways, Sheltered in the Heart, Match, Embracing the Seasons and Companion on the Way.

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Paperback 9781938846656 1938846656 2016-04-05 114 0.00 x 6.00 x 9.00 in $16.95

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