The Mariah Collection: Poetry, Songs, Short Stories, Poetic Prose, and Journal Notes

By Janet R. Shaw

This is a compilation of various forms of philosophical writings by Janet Shaw, plus some of her ballpoint pen drawings. These selections plus her drawings entitled Mariah and Zendordin, and her "Ambersand" scenario (that she had published earlier) "came to her." The first ones only came during meditation or in the middle of the night; but later they came any time. The first part is her 14 poems The International Poetry Society and Noble House published in their various compilations. Next is 39 of her other short poems (24 lines or less). Some of those short ones came from longer poems of hers; so her longer poems are all included since some people like to read the whole poem. The last poetry section is her songs and, since music and rhythm were inherent in their melodies, most of them don't have rhyme and rhythm of their own. The next part of the book includes 34 of what Janet calls her "poetic prose" journal entries, and three more recent writings, plus what she calls "spinoffs" of her reaction to readings she was assigned. A short fantasy story is also included that, although it fits into her Ambersand Chronicles (published separately), it's able to stand alone as a short story. Next, she has included notes on near death experiences of hers and a few other life events--ending with the letter she wrote for her Psychology of Adjustment class that started her on all of these writings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514430851
• ISBN13: 9781514430859
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"