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Message III: The end of the harvest

It is known that good things are coming to those who wait, and with such an assertion I totally agree. However, I feel the need to add here that better things come to those wait even longer. There was a class of children who tasted a new fruit for the first time. Some of the children were so fixed on the new fruit that they have decided to already wait for the fruit to come after the season was over. Some were waiting without patience that they have plucked the first fruits, when the first fruits just budded in early spring. The children were only allowed to take one fruit each in order to ascertain a fair share. However, those who plucked their share from the budding of early spring until before maturity of early summer were very disappointed. For their fruits were indigestible. In adversity to them, those who plucked their fruits in season were very satisfied. But then there was one boy who was so busy with... [close]

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Not Aloud presents some 30 plus years of Christopher J. Jarmick’s marvelous poetry. Jarmick’s thematic territory is expansive-- family, relationships, the art of writing, philosophy, his patented poem starters, and much, much more. His language is musical, approachable, and memorable. His refreshing turns of phrases stand clichés on their heads: “The clouds/are not metaphors at all./ They hide the sky,/they get fat,/sometimes they burst,/but not with tears,/Mr. Tambourine Man,/just with rain.” Full of humor, acute observation, and deep emotion, Not Aloud is a collection you’ll want to return to again and again.

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