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    Echoes of Reality: Poems About the Drama of Life
    Echoes of Reality: Poems About the Drama of Life
    Echoes of Reality: Poems About the Drama of Life
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    Echoes of Reality: Poems About the Drama of Life

    By Wonna Elam Cornelson

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    Echoes of Reality speaks not so much to the beauty of nature as the agony of the soul. Behind the luscious rose, theres the prickly thorns of reality, like the wisdom revealed in these parabolic poems. Within are poems that tell a story, metaphoric poems, villanelles, and free verse, and a couple of prose poems. Several pieces of W. Cornelsons artwork is included as well.

    1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV: No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

    We all go through similar trials. This is part of the message I want to convey.

    Her poems evoke emotions and images. Wonderful.
    S. U. Swopes, Administrative, Los Angeles Community College District.

    evokes the reader to reflect on their own soul struggles a thoughtful and compelling collection of written art.
    Mrs. Tammy Hendricks, MHR, Published Award Winning Artist.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJan 3, 2013
    ISBN9781449778941
    Echoes of Reality: Poems About the Drama of Life
    Author

    Wonna Elam Cornelson

    Wonna Elam Cornelson has had several articles published over the years in different media. She is happily married and has one beloved son who also enjoys music and songwriting. She also enjoys writing stories and Bible studies and singing gospel music at several local churches and events. They live in Oklahoma.

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      Echoes of Reality - Wonna Elam Cornelson

      Echoes of Reality

      Poems about the Drama of Life

      WONNA ELAM CORNELSON

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      Copyright © 2012 Wonna Elam Cornelson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means,

      graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any

      information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher

      except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1-(866) 928-1240

      Scripture taken from the New King James and King James

      Versions of the Bible unless otherwise indicated.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in

      this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views

      expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the

      views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-7893-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-7894-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012923220

      WestBow Press rev. date: 12/20/2012

      Contents

      Heart Matters

      Anguish in my Soul

      Edge of Reality

      At a Cross Roads

      Delilah*

      Haunted

      World of Wonder

      Ugly Monsters in the House

      Midnight Dilemma.

      Where’s the Bridegroom?

      Detour in the Rain

      Remarkable Grace

      The Loner*

      Mad Writer

      Nose to the Grindstone

      Postponed Dreams...

      Proceed with Caution.

      Razor ‘s Edge

      Reality Bites

      Your Bosom of Love

      Waiting to Exhale

      Wednesda y’s Child

      Look into my Heart

      Warped Boundaries

      Where is the love?

      Wonna’s Box

      Trapped in a Maze

      Two Little Babies

      To the Great Artist of Life

      Things in my Heart

      The Scarlet Letter....

      Shadows of Reality

      Solomon’s Daughter

      The Soup of my Motivations

      Success or Something Like it

      Sense and Sensibilities

      Dancing with Wolves

      Heartsong

      Attic of my Bosom

      A Dilemma on a Dusty Road

      Afraid

      Detour from God’s Will.

      I am .

      Better Things.

      Wild Goose Chase

      Fight the Good Fight

      Longings

      My Soul is in His Hands

      Unconditional Love for a Carnal World

      Author Biography

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to acknowledge God who brought me through trying times, spanked me when I needed it and compensated me greatly for those times and walks with me every moment.

      Secondly, I wish to acknowledge my husband for being such an example of a patient, strong, stable Christian and my son for his love and forgiveness of my parental mistakes and for becoming such a strong, thoughtful and wise person.

      And I would like to thank my twin sister and four other sisters and many friends and co-workers (you know who you are) for their--sometimes brave--but otherwise welcome input and opinions on my writings over the years!

      Her poems evoke emotions and images. Wonderful.

      —S. U. Swopes, Administrative, Los Angeles Community College District.

      "Mrs. Cornelson writes with a vulnerability that is

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