1 hrs 42 mins | POETRY | AmericanLiteral Life Lessons is a collection of poems capturing the tender, hauntingly human frailties of the poet and the persons she has observed over the years. The poems draw the reader into real life, familiar experiences and into thought-provoking realizations. Nothing is spared in depicting the underbelly and vulnerabilities of humanity. Author's Bio Mother, veteran, former interpretative national park ranger, retired educator, poet and activist, Sandra Nelms-Ludwig was born and raised in rural Bedford County, Virginia, nestled beneath the Blue Ridge Mountains. She began writing poetry at age 1...
Literal Life Lessons is a collection of poems capturing the tender, hauntingly human frailties of the poet and the persons she has observed over the years. The poems draw the reader into real life, familiar experiences and into thought-provoking realizations. Nothing is spared in depicting the underbelly and vulnerabilities of humanity. Author's Bio Mother, veteran, former interpretative national park ranger, retired educator, poet and activist, Sandra Nelms-Ludwig was born and raised in rural Bedford County, Virginia, nestled beneath the Blue Ridge Mountains. She began writing poetry at age 12 and has performed in numerous poetry slams and open mics both in Germany and America. Her poetry has appeared in two chapbooks, Litspeak at Hollins University in 1994 and Mouth Music at Big Island, Virginia, in 1997. This collection is her first book of poetry to be published and is a sampling of her writing from over the past 50 years. She presently resides with her Cocker Spaniel, Sir Duke, in Virginia.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01 Literal Life Lessons |
0 mins 31 secs |
| 2. | 02 Dedication |
0 mins 55 secs |
| 3. | 03 Foreword |
1 mins 26 secs |
| 4. | 04 Childhood |
0 mins 16 secs |
| 5. | 05 The Pleasures Of Not Knowing |
3 mins 23 secs |
| 6. | 06 The Outhouse |
0 mins 24 secs |
| 7. | 07 FLUFFY |
4 mins 08 secs |
| 8. | 08 No Kidding |
1 mins 49 secs |
| 9. | 09 The Oak Tree |
3 mins 08 secs |
| 10. | 10 My Teacher (A Tribute to Mary Elizabeth Caldwell) |
4 mins 02 secs |
| 11. | 11 Runaway |
5 mins 23 secs |
| 12. | 12 Fireflies |
0 mins 24 secs |
| 13. | 13 Only for A While |
2 mins 59 secs |
| 14. | 14 II. ADULTHOOD |
0 mins 14 secs |
| 15. | 15 I am a Visitor |
0 mins 50 secs |
| 16. | 16 Comfort Zone |
0 mins 26 secs |
| 17. | 17 Bubble |
0 mins 20 secs |
| 18. | 18 Miss Thang |
1 mins 59 secs |
| 19. | 19 Uninhibited Cheer |
0 mins 50 secs |
| 20. | 20 So What |
1 mins 14 secs |
| 21. | 21 Free(ME)dom |
2 mins 06 secs |
| 22. | 22 REM State |
1 mins 15 secs |
| 23. | 23 Romeo and the Toad |
1 mins 40 secs |
| 24. | 24 Simply Thanks |
0 mins 40 secs |
| 25. | 25 Untitled |
0 mins 28 secs |
| 26. | 26 He Must Dance |
1 mins 55 secs |
| 27. | 27 Kissed Back to the Beginning |
0 mins 40 secs |
| 28. | 28 Scars |
0 mins 35 secs |
| 29. | 29 Soothing Cynosure |
0 mins 40 secs |
| 30. | 30 Hereafter |
1 mins 33 secs |
| 31. | 31 Expectations |
0 mins 22 secs |
| 32. | 32 III. PARENTAL PREROGATIVE |
0 mins 14 secs |
| 33. | 33 Baby News |
0 mins 59 secs |
| 34. | 34 Cradlesong |
0 mins 53 secs |
| 35. | 35 Only One |
0 mins 22 secs |
| 36. | 36 Iron-Coated Marshmallow Love |
1 mins 48 secs |
| 37. | 37 For The Mother Who Doth Protest Too Much |
1 mins 18 secs |
| 38. | 38 Family Portraiture |
1 mins 58 secs |
| 39. | 39 Too Late |
0 mins 42 secs |
| 40. | 40 Shhh |
0 mins 42 secs |
| 41. | 41 Rock Reality |
1 mins 29 secs |
| 42. | 42 Back Away From the Brink |
5 mins 31 secs |
| 43. | 43 Spaces in Places |
0 mins 40 secs |
| 44. | 44 The Show Must Go On |
1 mins 28 secs |
| 45. | 45 IV. EBONY REFLECTIONS |
0 mins 13 secs |
| 46. | 46 Visiting Bob Johnson's Department Store |
1 mins 48 secs |
| 47. | 47 Black Thing |
0 mins 38 secs |
| 48. | 48 Ebony FemSlant |
1 mins 54 secs |
| 49. | 49 NO Reverence |
1 mins 42 secs |
| 50. | 50 Fractured Faith |
5 mins 36 secs |
| 51. | 51 Trading Spaces |
0 mins 51 secs |
| 52. | 52 Promises Kept |
4 mins 17 secs |
| 53. | 53 Tribute to Benazir Bhutto |
2 mins 03 secs |
| 54. | 54 V. SEASONED AGE |
0 mins 13 secs |
| 55. | 55 Gnarled Fingers |
0 mins 31 secs |
| 56. | 56 Eating at Granny's |
0 mins 46 secs |
| 57. | 57 Nameless |
4 mins 07 secs |
| 58. | 58 Weiblich Commodity |
1 mins 24 secs |
| 59. | 59 Been Around a Bush or Two |
1 mins 36 secs |
| 60. | 60 Sir Duke |
2 mins 07 secs |
| 61. | 61 Just the Way It Is |
2 mins 08 secs |
| 62. | 62 Night Whispers |
2 mins 00 secs |
| 63. | 63 The End |
0 mins 29 secs |
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