Mortal Breath Publications

“Mortal Breath” is drawn from the verse of the poem  “Life will cease when the poet falls silent” in my first published collection of poetry.  The verse says,

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"Society more than needs the poet; it wants the poet,

it covets the gift that transforms human breath into immortal winds"

 

I believe that there is something almost mystical about human speech. It is the one thing that we have in common regardless of the characteristics that distinguish one from another. Human breath and the sounds created in combination with lips, tongue, palate, and vocal cords are the most authentic miracle of human life.