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    Kairos
    Kairos
    Kairos
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    Kairos

    By Jason Sturner

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    First full-length book of poetry by author Jason Sturner (Jay Sturner). Themes include love, loss, nature, and more. In addition to being gathered in book form, many of these poems have appeared in anthologies, magazines, and other periodicals.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFairy Thrush Press
    Release dateDec 6, 2010
    ISBN9781458153050
    Kairos
    Author

    Jason Sturner

    Jason Sturner (Jay Sturner) is a poet, fiction writer, and naturalist from the Chicago suburbs.

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      Kairos - Jason Sturner

      Kairos

      by

      Jason Sturner

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2004 Jason Sturner

      This book is available in print; see Sturner’s website for details.

      Discover other titles by Jason Sturner at Smashwords.com:

      10 Love Poems

      Selected Poems 2004-2007

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Poetaster

      Before the Storm Wet the Earth

      Twelve and 12

      The Existence of You

      About Love

      When I am Loved by You

      I Love You

      Fresh Morning

      My Love, My Dream

      Words are All I Have

      Since You Went Away

      Below Zero

      Imperfection

      Spring

      Kiss Me Hello

      Her Day

      A Tree

      Dryad Weeping on a Fallen Tree

      Swimming Towards the Surface

      Somewhere

      the End

      The Bleak Hour

      Me?

      Beer Can Hands

      Glass Hope

      The Impatient

      A Lament for Sylvia

      The Symptoms of My Envy (are clear)

      Identity

      Hubristic

      Look at a Photograph

      The Hawk

      Little Girl

      White Truth

      7 New Stars

      To You

      By Way of Your Misleadings

      In This Fragile Time Between Heartbeats

      Where She Sleeps

      Where He Sleeps

      Love Will Glue These Br-oken Pi–ece-s

      Beneath the Waves

      The Hearts’ Embrace

      A Moment is Riding Time

      Love and Words

      The Key to a Woman’s Heart is Within the Man

      Sentimental Blue

      Kaleidoscope

      Holding Hands (a simple pleasure)

      Crestfallen

      Denied

      This is Your New Life (w/PIN #)

      Kicking Sand in the Face of Indolence

      The Life Granted

      It’s All Good (after the rain falls)

      My Unread Poetry

      A Glimpse of Where I’m Going

      Note to reader: Due to the nature of digital formatting, some of the following poems may have lost their original structure. If you would like to see the poems in their intended design, please visit my website for reading options or consider purchasing a hard copy of the book. Thank you.

      Poetaster

      I feel

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