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    The Forest Within
    The Forest Within
    The Forest Within
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    The Forest Within

    By Sue Susman

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    Sue Susman's poems take readers on a journey deep into her feelings and emotions. She is not afraid to relive memories that are sometimes unpleasant and even painful, yet the book has an uplifting message.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateNov 14, 2018
    ISBN9781619848597
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      Book preview

      The Forest Within - Sue Susman

      The Forest Within

      Published by Gatekeeper Press

      3971 Hoover Rd. Suite 77

      Columbus, OH 43123-2839

      www.GatekeeperPress.com

      Copyright © 2018 by Sue Susman

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017964201

      ISBN: 9781619848603

      eISBN: 9781619848597

      Cover photo by Sue Susman

      Printed in the United States of America

      For my parents who saved my life

      and made everything possible.

      There is pleasure in the pathless woods.

      —Lord Byron

      Not all who wander are lost.

      —J.R.R. Tolkien

      Contents

      Even in the Dark

      Love Poem

      Rise Up Together and Dance

      Naked Sky

      My Pleasure, My Pain

      Find Me

      At the Mexican Restaurant

      Love Song from Mother Earth

      The Hot Days of Summer

      What I Need

      Heat

      Only Clear Space Inside

      The Deep Breath of You

      Moving into an Empty Space

      The Peace Unseen

      Grief

      Begging the Night

      Vacation

      Loving the Unknown

      Out of Ironwood

      What Love Is

      The Bridge That Connects Us

      On Fire

      Saturday Night

      Climbing into the Light

      This Moment

      Until the Spring Trees Come Back

      Now You Are Gone

      Never Alone

      Father’s Day

      Here I Am

      The Star Path

      The Fountain

      Leaning into the Wind

      Everything That’s Living

      The Night Tree

      Scatter My Ashes

      The Fire Tender

      This Way Is Better

      The Healing Trees

      Return Me to Me

      The Cool Shelter of Earth

      Eternal Light

      An Old, Old Woman…

      Leaves of Light

      My Grandmother Leaving

      In the Kitchen, Talking

      Earth Music

      What Holds Us Up

      This New Life

      Full with Fire

      This Winter Light

      Blue Light

      As I Open My Heart

      The Traveler

      Invisible Steps

      Against an Autumn Sky

      Grounding

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