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    Butterflies of the Soul
    Butterflies of the Soul
    Butterflies of the Soul
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    Butterflies of the Soul

    By Hope Paris Mendelssohn

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    “BUTTERFLIES OF THE SOUL” is a heartfelt collection of stirring and colourful poems based on the author's life spanning three decades, from her birthplace of Tauranga, her journies through Africa, England, Indonesia and French Polynesia. Written “wholistically” these poems truly reflect Hope's experience of life by means of style and technique.

    In “RAINBOWS COME FROM A THREATENING SKY” the reader is held by ideas and pictures which are used to develop several themes simultaneously, a sense of colour, sound and physical surroundings, and she succeeds splendidly in this form of point-counterpoint.

    In “LES PAPILLONS” personal feelings and experiences are juxtaposed with powerful images and motifs, prompting the reader toward evocative resonances in an unself-conscious way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris NZ
    Release dateApr 27, 2010
    ISBN9781493192137
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      Butterflies of the Soul - Hope Paris Mendelssohn

      Copyright © 2014 by Hope Paris Mendelssohn.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4500-5805-6

                      eBook            978-1-4931-9213-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 07/09/2014

      Xlibris LLC

      0-800-443-678

      www.Xlibris.co.nz

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      Contents

      Les Papillons

      Rainbows Come from a Threatening Sky

      Silence

      Time to Fly

      Golden Willow

      Come, Let’s Celebrate

      Crucifixion

      Devastation

      When Will You See Me?

      A Shadow

      Inspiration

      The Long Stretch of Sand

      Antiques

      Starlight

      Family Life

      Sanctuary

      Hope

      Hope in Prose

      There Will Be No More to Say

      Rainbows and Sunshine

      Velvet Shoes

      Tenderness

      When Our Two Hearts Entwine

      New Fashioned Dream

      Her Solitary Life

      My Dear Son

      A Friend in Need

      Silver Woods

      Compassion

      Portrait of a Love

      I Saw Your Smile

      I May Never Love Again

      The Moon Sings Silently

      Maman

      Music

      The Gentle Breeze

      The Best in Me

      His Symphony

      Girl from the Meadowlands

      Kaleidoscope

      When the World…

      The Art of Loving

      My Cello

      Give It Time

      Winter’s Rainbow

      Moon and Lake

      A Rose

      Tender Eyes

      Life as a Symphony

      It’s Not Enough

      He Smiled with Love

      In My Deepest Being

      We are One

      Fresh Daisies

      For Seven Years

      He Spoke to Me

      An Empty Afternoon

      Waterfalls

      Like a Butterfly

      Conversation

      Seeds of Our Love

      His Embrace

      Je t’adore

      Life

      I Left My Heart

      Create

      Two of a Kind

      The Day was Clear

      No Longer Afraid

      Alone

      Do Not Linger

      I Saw a Face

      Sent From Above

      Sentimentality

      He Wanders

      Fantasy or Fantail?

      This book is

      dedicated to my mother Mary Roberts and godmother Sue Ford for their inspiration and encouragement.

      Hope Paris Mendelssohn was born in Tauranga, New Zealand in 1963. With the arts prevalent in the family Hope soon became a rising star in the performing and literary arts. As a composer and writer her music and poetry are performed, broadcast recorded and published internationally, having a place in many educational institutions in N.Z. And America. Many of her works have been performed in prestigious competitions often gaining first prize, as they have in composition competitions.

      Music and poetry are interlinked for Hope and you will find her style rather lyrical, easy to reflect upon and generally inspiring. Music is my life and poetry my soul. HPM

      Les Papillons

      He spoke to me of his volcanic heart

      And the butterflies which set his soul free,

      An angel heralded his passing

      And spoke to me of contradiction,

      For our hearts bleed as a volcano bleeds

      And the butterflies are those found

      In our grandparents’ garden.

      So why is it that my friends call me Papillon,

      And I should write music of volcanoes and eruptions?

      It has been said that my music exudes

      Only the beauty not the pain,

      Yet still, the angel speaks to me of contradiction.

      For it is in life that we experience both

      Although we ask in what proportion?

      That he should choose to end his life

      And we should have such a reaction!

      For who is it that suffers most, we ask—

      Or is that the contradiction!

      Rainbows Come from a Threatening Sky

      Rainbows come from a threatening sky

      Colourful thoughts

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