Seventy-five pages of poetic thought on everyday life,

including the authors frustrations with shopping and

solicitors, greet the readers of A Voice in the Night, by

GeorgeAnne Smith. She also includes a touching homage

to the men and women who protect and serve us all. An

interesting poem speaks from the view of a person who is

shocked to find out someone was molested, when they had

no idea it had happened.

GoergeAnnes insightful life skills in Within You struck a

chord in my mind that rang for days. I felt a sort of kin-ship

with the author through Last Words of a Beauty Queen, a

poem full of love for nature - something that is dear to my

heart. In The Flow shows that poets are not striving for

riches or recognition, but are fueled by the faint hope that

their words may ease the journey for another human being

and break the chains of their despair by making them feel

less alone. With Eyes Open is a poem that refers to the

purging effect that writing can have for the writer. I thought

thatSeeds of Content has an interesting feel to it,

reminiscent of chanting.

Glimpses of an older style of writing words slightly reversed,

such as “searching we are, a golden life” and “on target, we

all are” is something that I particularly picked up on.

To leave you with a little sample of A Voice in the Night, I

have chosen this wonderfully written excerpt from the poem

Awaken This Lifetime:

“Life may seem, but a merry chase,

Quite overwhelming, a dreary fate

Dont get discouraged by a hurried pace,

Seek to awaken, for its never too late”

ISBN#: 1-4137-9489-0

Author: GeorgeAnne Smith

Publisher: Publish America

Published: Sept. 15, 2005

~ Book Reviewer: Lillian Brummet - Co-author of the book

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