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Bette Mioduski has
written another collection of poems that touch the hearts
of those challenging fear by facing it head on. "Not
An Ounce Of Fear" expresses how man's battle with the
forces of nature can confront us with/"I've not tasted
it all, the fear others run from. I'll trip the light fantastic
in a volcano flow; Mother Earth unleash your anger, you belong
to me".
Fear is in us all. It comes in emotional turmoil over a loved
one far away. The telephone opens the door to keep in touch,
keep the "fire" going as written in "A Thousand
Mile Minute"/"the riddle of my touch is within your
miles. A caress, a smile. After all, dreams are safe from
the storms of the heart."
In "Johnny Korea", fear is of another kind. A small
town boy who mentally challenged others with his superiority
is faced with a fear of another kind, a gun in his hand as
opposed to the comb which kept him in charge of the pack./"Uncle
Sam 'came ah' callin' ...not here to play"/"Sam
said, 'here's your stripes, this is the theater of life'."
The author puts in some poems that extend the imagination
to another plane, such as in "Talk To Me In My Words"/"A
bell will not ring in hours to disturb, we can talk among
the ghosts"/. These are the moments we can all identify
with...... safely in the company of the one we love in the
wee hours......safely tucked away from all the fears of life.
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