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This book of 120 non-fiction poems is written in chronological order. It is a story of survival, of breaking the chains of inner demons, finding value and purpose in life and growing towards understanding - but not quite reaching it. The poems also embrace the environment and question society. Towards Understanding will reach today's female audience because it is a true story of a young woman growing through childhood trauma, being independent at age 13, moving through healing and finding self worth. Follow the author as she battles her past demons, raises her voice in anger, discovers self-awareness and recovers from and intense relationship bordering on obsession. You will witness the healing, as she becomes aware of the value of her life and falls deeply in love with a wholesome man. Finally, able to see beyond herself she starts to question society and endeavors to understand others. She discovers a love for nature and a dedication to the health of the Earth. As is evident, the author has fun experimenting with different writing styles and altering rhythms with words. Lillian Brummet's award winning poetry has appeared in five hardcover anthology books and several publications throughout North america. She has had the honor of attaining "Editor's Choice Award for outstanding Achievement in Poetry", not once - but twice. Lillian co-authored an environmental book, "Trash Talk", with her husband Dave. The couple recently released an ebook entitled "Purple Snowflake Marketing - How to make your book stand out in a crowd". Their articles continue to appear in publications across the North America. Lillian also finds time in her busy schedule to write book reviews professionally.

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Please respect copyrights. These poems may be freely used by publications on the condition that the following by-line is also included:
Excerpted from Towards Understanding - a collection of poems by Lillian Brummet

TERMS OF LIFETIME LOVE

I just want you to understand,
How I feel, for it is what I am.
I just want you to be around,
To be my one and only man.
I just want your trust and love,
For I just can't seem to get enough.
I just want you to lift me high,
And see through my bluff.
I just want you to understand,
To wrap us up in a silver band.
I just want you to be around;
And together, walk hand in hand.

*Published 1999 in the Hardcover Anthology: The Last Good-byes - National Library of Poetry
*Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry

CONTRADICTION

Governments are fundamentally unsustainable for our nation.
Sweetened words rot while panels point fingers in every direction.
Implicitly implying our hunger, our homes are worth the risk.
Ensuring the dependants and unproductive ones suffer most,
Our society initially caused this appendage host.
Small islands, we like to call parks, become our only wild lands.
Murdering creative spirits, society crushes and smears the people.
Children, not even safe from their own family members,
Are taught to conform to patterns acceptable to the masses.
Struggling to directionalize their aim; it's there, but there it's not.
Living lives in contradiction - confinement where the spirit soars.
Keeping open receptors; we armor our selves with our only swords.
Those bright neon lights meant to aid our choice in direction,
Only blend in the masses of society's blinking illuminations.
Our culture collision ridicules all beliefs while entwining them all.
And peacefully inflicting our belief of justice and virtues on one another,
Our own violence and war feeds our senseless economy and dependence.
And finding a tiny flower in a crack between cement and men,
We become inspired to save it.

ODE TO B.C.

Floating, swirling, swooping in clean skies,
Above turquoise and emerald encrusted mountains,
They soar among the currents - diving for their meals.
Playing under clouds and wisps of spring rains
BC's winged angels guard a natural treasure.
The green-gold of Canada's jewel
Lures the world to pan our wonders.
Yet this diversity, our sweet and bitter core,
Teaches us to embrace and nourish the mountain lakes;
Where bears roam and cougars roar...
And the shy lynx dance along to music
Made by trickling streams and rushing rivers,
That lead to the ocean lapping at our shore.
With hope and love in mankind's hearts,
We relish in knowing this wilderness exists...
Surviving us.

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Towards Understanding – ISBN#: 1-4137-9337-1
Page Count: 152 pages
Publish Date: November 28, 2005
Format: paperback/50% recycled paper
Dimensions (inches): .44 X 8.5 X 5.5
Retail price: $19.95 (US)

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