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Legend: The Song Of The Family, The Voice Of A Woman, Kimberly Roth Shumway
Legend: The Song Of The Family, The Voice Of A Woman, Kimberly Roth Shumway
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The Song of the Family
I do not believe that lives are lived in isolation, but rather are connected by ties of humanity and of family. For me because of this intimate human connection, every life experience, trivial or tremendous, is a poem. The poems blend into one--a great symphony of the human condition. An experience, even if left unverbalized, shapes the minds of both the one experiencing it and those connected to him or her by either close or distant ties.
In this collection I combine the poetic experiences most relevant in shaping me. They are the songs of …