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And all that's implied

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: February, 2006
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-1-7
Price: $6.00 (purchase from the poet)

The poet's second annual volume opens in pain and bounces wildly between depression and joy through the pangs of spiritual rebirth. Twenty-four short poems about our relationships with God, nature, ourselves, and each other, including:

Not Really A Book Review

Poets build relationships
from words construct emotions
in syllables validate
life with letters need lingual
confirmation however
inadequate to express
gazed conspiracies of joy



Four Years Inside My Brain

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: January, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-4-8
Price: $11.95 (purchase from the poet)

All ninety-six poems from Sounds like it ought to mean something, And all that's implied, shades of grey and too many chairs on the grass green hill in one disturbing book.



shades of grey

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: June, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-2-4
Price: $6.00 (purchase from the poet)
Reviews: Like a koan

The poet's third annual volume of twenty-four short poems about our relationships with God, nature, ourselves and each other, including:

Sushi

bear in the stream cross legged
on the mat shoes left behind
in the rapture of dinner's
companion and the long walk
after human memories
shaped, shaping, carefully rolled
the table does not divide



Sounds like it ought to mean something

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: January, 2005
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-0-0
Price: $6.00 (purchase from the poet)

The first published volume of Christopher William Purdom's poetry. Twenty-four short poems about our relationships with God, nature, ourselves, and each other, including:

Flashpoint

Love no singularity
Of physical intent is
God spiritually intense in
All the lives I Am leads us
Disrupting rigid structures
We impose upon ourselves
And the glorious chaos



Three Years Inside My Brain

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: June, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-3-1
Price: $10.95 (purchase from the poet)

All seventy-two short poems about our relationships with God, nature, ourselves, and each other from Sounds like it ought to mean something, And all that's implied, and shades of grey.



too many chairs on the grass green hill

Poet: Christopher William Purdom
Date: January, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9797088-5-5
Price: $6.00 (purchase from the poet)
Reviews: Sorry

The poet's fourth annual volume of twenty-four short poems about our relationships with God, nature, ourselves, and each other may leave you even more confused than the first three volumes.



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