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    Burnished Pebbles: Poems of Love, Death, and Life
    Burnished Pebbles: Poems of Love, Death, and Life
    Burnished Pebbles: Poems of Love, Death, and Life
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    Burnished Pebbles: Poems of Love, Death, and Life

    By Dorothy Diemer Hendry

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    Dorothy Diemer Hendry (1918?2006) wrote hundreds of poems during her active and productive life as a teacher, administrator, editor, author, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, expert grower of roses. This collection of some of her best poetry shows the range of her interests and the depth of expression and thought that make her one of the most talented poets of her generation. She writes of love, of faith, of nature, of death-even her own. Through all the joy and sorrow of a life well lived, she found not only great depths of compassion and thankfulness for being, but also penetrating insight into the foibles and missteps that plague our nation and world. The poet's voice, Dorothy's voice, speaks in incisive and clear language, and is beautiful to hear and read. From the very early poem "Burnished Pebbles" to her last written offering, a Thanksgiving prayer, she will open the mind and heart of even the most jaded reader. This first volume of her poetry is rich with humor, contemplation, wonder, as well as questioning and righteous anger. Her poetry is like its author: kind, strong, aware, concerned, thoughtful, beautiful to behold, but ever cognizant of the problems humankind faces.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMay 24, 2007
    ISBN9780595881529
    Burnished Pebbles: Poems of Love, Death, and Life
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    Dorothy Diemer Hendry

    Dorothy Diemer Hendry?s poetry appears in Poem; The Alabama Anthology of Poetry; Columbia Poetry; Poet?s Choice, a Huntsville, Alabama poetry group project. Her novel, Looking For Jencey, was published in 2007 by iUniverse. A teacher of English par excellence, she resided in Huntsville with her husband, Wickliffe B. Hendry.

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      Burnished Pebbles - Dorothy Diemer Hendry

      Copyright © 2007 by Wickliffe B. Hendry

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying,

      recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without

      the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief

      quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      iUniverse books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      iUniverse

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      Lincoln, NE 68512

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      1-800-Authors (1-800-288-4677)

      The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not

      necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims

      any responsibility for them.

      The poems Written by Moonlight, Hyacinths, and Wind are from

      Columbia Poetry, 1941. Copyright© 1941 Columbia University Press. Reprinted

      with the permission of the publisher.

      The other poems by Dorothy Diemer Hendry are used with her permission.

      Cover design by Theresa Augsburger Tabi

      ISBN: 978-0-595-43826-6 (pbk)

      ISBN: 978-0-595-88152-9 (ebk)

      Printed in the United States of America

      For Wick and our families

      Contents

      Introduction

      BURNISHED PEBBLES

      JOY AND SORROW

      SONNET IV

      REALIZATION

      INFINITY

      A MAN TRIES

      TO AN ULTRA-OPTIMIST

      TIMBERLINE TREES

      SONNET 25

      WRITTEN BY MOONLIGHT

      HYACINTHS

      WIND

      ECHO I

      LIFE IS HOLY

      I.

      II.

      III.

      IV.

      V. 

      VI.

      LOVE IN TAXCO

      AUTOMATIC TELLER

      WATERS OF LIFE

      LEFTOVERS

      NOTHING IS WASTED

      THE DOGWOOD TREE

      THE CALLER

      TRIPLE BYPASS

      Homing Pigeons

      The Beatles and a Beetle

      From the Show-Me State

      No One We Know

      Conversation

      TOWERS OF LIGHT

      TO MY HUSBAND

      SPECTERS OF WAR, ANGELS OF PEACE

      EXPERIMENT

      THE MIND

      HOME

      TRUE POETS

      OUR TIME WILL COME

      DOROTHY’S THANKSGIVING

      PRAYER—NOVEMBER, 2005

      Acknowledgments

      We thank the consultants and editors at iUniverse for their expert assistance in the preparation of this book of poetry.

      We thank Dorothy’s husband, Colonel Wickliffe B. Hendry (retired),

      for his constant encouragement and good will, and pride in the works

      created by his wife during the years of their marriage and before.

      We thank all the children and grandchildren and great grandchildren,

      and the forebears of Dorothy, who in their love for her, and their

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