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    Raised in the Shadow
    Raised in the Shadow
    Raised in the Shadow
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    Raised in the Shadow

    By Phillip Rosenberg

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    Raised in the Shadow is a powerful collection of poetry and prose. Written in one year, it chronicles the author’s journey into awareness and the inevitable discomfort that accompanies personal growth. Told with stark simplicity and emotional integrity, it is poetry one can truly feel. Robert Bly, the poet and author of “Iron John” said this about Raised in the Shadow: “I do think they’re very fresh, and they have a certain drive forward into truth.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhillip Rosenberg
    Release dateAug 8, 2010
    ISBN9781452466323
    Raised in the Shadow
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    Phillip Rosenberg

    I grew up in Sunland Tujunga, outside Los Angeles, and eventually made my way to Atlanta, GA and then to Nashville, TN. For years, I made my living as a carpenter, then contractor, and started and ran two successful companies. Building isn't bad work and I'm proud of the projects that I've done and blessed in the people that I met along the way. But I've always been a writer too and my love of words and good storytelling, in poetry and songs, is what gets me out of bed in the morning.I wrote my book of poetry, Raised in the Shadow, in one intense year of reflection and scribbling. I was living in Nashville, a single father with two children and virtually no time or space for the songwriting career that had brought me there. Oh, and I was about to turn fifty. Poetry sustained me during that period and I wrote poems in response, short and direct and honest--the sort that I like to read myself.Raised in the Shadow is one version of my life story in twenty-five poems.Now I am a singer-songwriter, living in a small cabin in the desert near Joshua tree, CA with my wife and two cats. It took awhile. Many things do. But now I just write.

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      Raised in the Shadow - Phillip Rosenberg

      Raised In The Shadow

      Twenty-five poems by

      Phillip Rosenberg

      *****

      Sunland Press, Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 1997 Phillip Rosenberg

      All rights reserved. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book, please purchase additional copies. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your exclusive use, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Print version available through amazon.com

      Cover artwork by Elyse Adler.

      My Father’s World and Loving with Effort previously published in Black Moon.

      *****

      Praise for Raised in the Shadow: I do think they’re very fresh, and they have a certain drive forward into truth…—Robert Bly, poet and best-selling author of Iron John.

      *****

      Acknowledgements

      To Gus Hadorn, who sent out the call.

      Special Thanks to Catherine Svehla for the momentum.

      *****

      "I was raised in the shadow,

      but I’m walking toward the light…"

      Tom Kimmel and Amy Powers

      *****

      C O N T E N T S

      I

      Ambition

      A Mother’s Love

      I-40

      To Francis

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