AVIAN FRIENDS BOOK: Free Download

Hello Readers, For the next three days, the Avian Friends book is available as a free e-book download here on Kindle (from 12-27- to 12-29)

For today’s post, I wanted to share some little details about the Avian Friends book

1. Avian Friends is a book with 40 + poems and little vignettes about how the poem unfolded or connects to a topic.
2. Avian Friends was a book that was “joy” to assemble. Some books are more work than others. For example, Lady by  the River (here) was a lot of work . Yes, it was also a fun adventure and joy working with each author – but it was mix of work and fun.  The second Priorhouse book, Conversate: Tips for Talking with Teens (here), was almost all work. Loved the outcome as the book was designed for small group counseling and is a good tool. But Avian Friends did not feel like work at all.
3. Avian Friends was sparked by ideas from journal entries.
4. As a counselor, parent, and educator, a life mission of mine is to share knowledge, encourage, and teach a bit. Avian friends gave me the chance to do all three as each poem connects to life situations, human connections, and personal development – but not in a heavy format.
5. Each poem has a “behind the poem” section. I think this is the best part of the book. I know some “purists” would insist poems can easily stand alone. And while some poetry books should just hold the poems and leave the expounding for a study guide or something else, I think there are times when expounding is key.  Also, I know that I enjoy poetry more when the author expounds a bit (and I read a poetry book over the holiday break and it had too many connections to classical music – the author shared a little bit at the end and that helped a little, but the poems seemed to target  a very niche audience. 
6. Avian Friends has a white cover with black font  – very plain cover-  with the hope that the poems and behind the scenes sections would bring color to the reader.   I invite you to download a free copy today.

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Sample poems from Avian Friends

 

 

Sample 1: What Matters. I chose this poem because I saw so much consumerism over the holidays.  

 

The last two photos felt like MORE American Consumerism….

 

Sample 2: SO MUCH TO DO reminds us to enjoy more of life’s ride. 

Sample 3: WINTER CHILL — This poem could also be called “HOPE FLEW IN” and this is my second favorite poem from the book (check back tomorrow for my number number one fav).

 

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Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

Avian Friends paperback is on sale here at Amazon 

The free e-book download is here on 12-27-2019,  12-28-2019, and 12-29-2019.

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