| A Long way from Home Contributor(s): Appleton, Brian Hanson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0692977201 ISBN-13: 9780692977200 Publisher: Brian H Appleton OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica |
| Series: Poetry of Brian H. Appleton |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.89 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Valentine's Day |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is volume III of blank verse poetry written from 2016 to 2017 entitles "A Long Way from Home". The title represents many layers...a long way from home as in seperation from heaven and God, seperation from the metaphysical, from our own soul and spiritual nature, also seperation from where I grew up which was Italy so I have been in exhile since 1972, there are poems about alienation and loneliness in the modern hi tech world, poems about the beauty of nature, about the human condition, about love and the difficulty of finding lasting love, about death and the death of friends, about emotions, about politics, about travel, about Iran. About the past and medievil times, about horses, about friends and childhood memories and farway places. About a life in exhile, about expatriotism, about war, about revolution, about relocation and immigration....Volume I is called "A Thousand Years at the Bottom of a Well" and volume II is called "Another Thousand Years." |
Contributor Bio(s): Appleton, Brian Hanson: - Brian H. Appleton was born in Japan and lived in Greece, Italy and Iran as a child and young man. He is an army brat. He holds a BA degree in Anthropology and an MA in Ancient History. He has written two nonfiction books about Iran: "Tales from the Zirzameen" about his experiences in Iran starting at age 16 in 1966 and "Shamshone, Sun of Assyria" a family biography about the Assyrian minority in Iran. He has also written and illustrated a children's book of the early Greek myths as well as three volumes of poetry and his first fiction novel is to be released soon. The author has also written extensively as a free lance journalist for Iranian.com, Persian Heritage Magazine, Zan Magazine, Irandokht Magazine, Persian Mirror, Payvand.com, Payam Javan Magazine, Hackwriters, and MyLifeInItaly.com. To learn more about the author please visit his website at www.zirzameen.com and/or www.facebook/persophile.com |