<p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Rhythmic prose and free verse fill the pages of this collector's volume of exquisite poetry. Examining the tapestry of every­day life, Teresa Prins Wood colorfully weaves intimacy, devotion, humor, loss, spirituality, and individual empowerment with an easy-to-relate-to narrative style. Sometimes political in nature, her use of sarcasm and sage advice reflect the six decades that have honed this author into a highly respected, well educated wise woman whose focus on peace through compassion is creatively communicated in her poetry. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">280 works of prose and free verse make up this poetry collection by award winning author Teresa Prins Wood. Composed in 2019 and 2020, each poem paints a vivid portrait of day-to-day living in twenty-first century America. Since 1994 her poetry has appeared in national print media and has been broadcast on National Public Radio. This book is the third and final in her poetry series. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">BOOKS BY TERESA PRINS WOOD: </span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">JUST ONE LAST THING (poetry) </span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">TURN AND FACE THE WIND (poetry) </span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">IN HER OWN NATIVE TONGUE (poetry) </span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">SONG OF BETHLEHEM (historical fiction) </span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">SAINT SOMEBODY (memoir)</span></p>