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God Sneezed
God Sneezed
God Sneezed
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God Sneezed

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Living as a human being among others means dropping any shield we might want to wear and opening ourselves up to experiences that allow us to feel truly alive. Living in awareness of our bodies, minds, spirits, and surroundings lets us understand how we fit into this world we were born into. The poems in God Sneezed immerse the reader in this journey through life. They invite readers to feel with all of their senses, to remember people they have met and times when they felt the happiness of joy or love, when their faith failed them and when it was strong, when they understood the meaning of justice, when they felt alone or betrayed. The poet does not act as teacher or lecturer but as a guide through life-experiences common to all.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 9, 2015
ISBN9781310091124
God Sneezed
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Jackie O'Donnell

I admit it. I’m addicted to writing. It’s a compulsion I’ve had ever since I first held a pencil and could make words appear on pieces of butcher paper from the roll my parents wrapped bread and other goodies in at our family bakery in San Jose, CA. It continued through third grade, when I won a prize from the school bank for a little masterpiece called “It’s Fun to Save.” It drove away the lonesomes of not being able to play with other kids because polio left me less than agile, and it led to several notebooks containing imaginary escapades of my mom, my dog, my wheelchair, and me. As a senior in high school I won the Creative Writing award for the year—but earned only a B in the class because I wanted to write what I wanted to write, not what was necessarily assigned.When I began college I decided writing was not going to feed me, and I loved the thought of teaching others how to communicate in writing. Teaching was a natural fit. For many years I taught high school English, that universally hated subject. Those years gave me happy fulfillment and lifelong friends in the form of colleagues and ex-students. I count among my blessings “kids” who are now in education, politics, on both sides of the law (one in prison, one a District Attorney), corporate executives, trades people, the famous and the slightly infamous. Keeping in touch with these people, along with experiences I had growing up as a person with a disability, gave me food for thought. . . and for writing. Much of what I write, then, deals with how people treat each other.In 2005 my son, Brian, vacated the nest to begin his own life. Deeply saddened by this, his father and I set out the following day to turn his bedroom into a guest room and buy new living room furniture. When Brian asked why we didn’t do all this stuff while he was still home, I could only tell him my hopes that he’d drop by often to see whatever else we were up to. When he’s a parent of a teenager, he’ll understand. Meanwhile, my husband, Frank, and I are content to make a life of our own while enjoying the man our son has grown up to be.Life is good. Life brings surprises. Life exists to be written about and shared.

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    God Sneezed - Jackie O'Donnell

    God Sneezed

    Copyright 2015 Jackie O’Donnell

    Published by Jackie O’Donnell at Smashwords

    To all poets and artists, who must bare their souls or lose them.

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    Other works by this author:

    Paperback: Small Things Count—Simple Ways to Live Christ’s Love Each Day

    (www.SmThingsCount.com)

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    Table of Contents

    God Sneezed

    I Want to be Your Wine

    The Interloper

    Bethany

    Eternity’s Seeds

    Don’t Call Me Brave

    Broken

    The Beati-full We

    Beads of Life

    Thoughts

    Reaching

    Chocolate Me

    For Irene

    The Promise

    Renewal

    Meadows

    Dancing with the Composer

    Arizona

    One Bread, One Body

    Joshua

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