A Love Deferred

A Love Deferred

Author: H. V. Bennett

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1607910438

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I had handled all of my conference obligations. The quiet of my hotel room and the king-sized bed were welcome rewards. Then the phone rang. "Hello," I said, trying to sound a little energetic. "Hi Ronni. Eric Lewis here. Hey, I know you're leaving soon and I'd like to see you tonight. Please say yes?" There was something different in Eric's request. Maybe he thought I would be a cure for his being homesick. I wasn't quite sure, but something in his voice connected and I knew I couldn't refuse him, and said yes. "I'm on my way. Be there in a few." Click. ------------------------------------- As I drove closer to the hotel I wondered whether I would be met with any of Ronni's famous silver bullet questions. What was I thinking coming over like this? Did I think that she'd fall all over me? Of course not. She's an amazing woman and I know it usually comes back to God with her. Any answer I might give without some spiritual connection would probably be shot down so I thought, even before I arrive, I may as well prepare to exit as gracefully as I could. ---------------------------------------- I fell back on the bed. What was I thinking? I didn't want to fall victim to one of my flesh backs - that passion-plagued pothole that was once Eric's and my trademark. I looked in the mirror. I heard a scream and realized it was coming from within me: Help me somebody?! H.V. Bennett and W.E. Lawson offer a unique female/male perspective of "She Thought, He Thought," moreso than "She Said, He Said." These fictional characters may ring true for many readers. Is this love deferred a delay, a deception, a delight, or a delusion? Is it Man-Manufactured or God-Given?


A Love Deferred

A Love Deferred

Author: Brookelyn Mosley

Publisher:

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781795055543

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What happens when the heart wants what the mind resists?Cadence Nice went from being an optimistic romantic to a coldhearted commitment-phobe. She convinced herself she was over it, finished, done with searching for a stable relationship after wasting her time with an ex who wasn't serious.No longer did she pine for her stomach to flutter with butterflies or her heart to skip a beat for love. In fact, throw the whole Prince Charming away, his white horse, and the storybook happily ever after too.All she wanted was sex. Just sex, only sex, and with someone she couldn't love. She thought she found the perfect placeholder in a man she despised but life has a way with switching things up. After sleeping with an enemy, her next-door neighbor, Meki Knight, Cadence believed she found bliss in keeping things only physical between them. She was so wrong.Cadence adopted her cold exterior with hopes of giving herself a permanent fix for her jaded heart. But she'll soon learn just what happens when you accidentally find love in a hookup culture.*Readers are advised to read the short story, "Unsilent Knight," before reading "A Love Deferred." "Unsilent Knight" serves as a prelude to this novella. "Unsilent Knight" is available for download here on Amazon!


Hope Deferred

Hope Deferred

Author: Linda Byler

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9781680998122

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David Stoltzfus and Anna Fisher have been best friends for as long as anyone can remember, but as they approach their teen years their friendship turns into deep attraction. David, however, takes off for Australia on an adventure, leaving Anna to sort through her feelings alone.


My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter

Author: Aja Monet

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Published: 2017-05-01

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1608467686

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I am 27 and have never killed a man but I know the face of death as if heirloom my country memorizes murder as lullaby —from “For Fahd” Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago, all the way to the olive groves of Palestine, My Mother Is a Freedom Fighter is Aja Monet’s ode to mothers, daughters, and sisters—the tiny gods who fight to change the world. Complemented by striking cover art from Carrie Mae Weems, these stunning poems tackle racism, sexism, genocide, displacement, heartbreak, and grief, but also love, motherhood, spirituality, and Black joy. Praise for Aja Monet: ““[Monet] is the true definition of an artist.” —Harry Belafonte ““In Paris, she walked out onto the stage, opened her mouth and spoke. At the first utterance I heard that rare something that said this is special and knew immediately that Aja Monet was one of the Ones who will mark the sound of the ages. She brings depth of voice to the voiceless, and through her we sing a powerful song.” —Carrie Mae Weems Of Cuban-Jamaican descent, Aja Monet is an internationally established poet, performer, singer, songwriter, educator, and human rights advocate. Monet is also the youngest person to win the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café Grand Slam title.


Between the Maternal Aegis and the Abyss

Between the Maternal Aegis and the Abyss

Author: Michelle C. Geoffrion-Vinci

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780838638903

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Rosalia de Castro (1837-85) wrote five volumes of poetry before succumbing to cancer of the uterus at the age of forty-eight. While she is perhaps best known for her more introspective and intimate poetry, Castro's mature works are also highly feminist and political in thematic orientation. This book examines the fascinating system of poetic techniques Castro employs in her works to link the compelling issues surrounding femaleness and identity- both national and individual- to the construction of a system of gendered symbolic language that has been vastly understudied by contemporary scholars.


Darling, I Love You

Darling, I Love You

Author: Daniel Ladinsky

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0525503692

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A heartwarming collection of short verse celebrating our beloved pets and the wonder of life Daniel Ladinsky is the internationally acclaimed poet known for his inspired, contemporary renderings of works by Hafiz, Rumi, St. Francis of Assisi, and poet-saints East and West. Patrick McDonnell is the venerated author, artist, and creator of the beloved MUTTS comic strip. In Darling, I Love You! these two artists have collaborated for the first time to create a delightful, universal collection of sweet, welcome-to-the-moment poems about the essential places animals and wonder hold in our lives and in our hearts, accompanied by line drawings of the illustrious MUTTS characters that readers have come to know and love. “Pet owners will chuckle knowingly about the way the speakers shift between simple observations and deeper statements . . . that remind us why humans need animals as much as they need us.” —The Washington Post


Creative and Sexual Science

Creative and Sexual Science

Author: O. S. Fowler

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-11-20

Total Pages: 1070

ISBN-13: 3385233127

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.