The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009
Contributors: Cover art by Luther E. Vann
Edition: First
Publisher: Black Skylark Singing; Lulu
Published: May 2009
Place of publication: Savannah, GA
Language: eng
Format: Trade paper
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780557063246
Subjects: Angels; Virginia Tech; literature; Savannah; Biography; Memoir; Spirituality; Inspiration; Barack Obama; Americans
Genres: Poetry
Work titles: Poetry
First sentence: "Between the hopelessness of despair capable of destroying a life, and the strength that comes with self assurance capable of empowering a life, there sits a great chasm with which many people struggle when attempting to cross from one side to the other."--Aberjhani
Description: For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007. What makes this 2009 edition a special one is the inclusion of five new poems: “Angel of Better Days to Come”; “Midnight Flight of the Poetry Angels”; “Photographed Light of My Grandmother’s Soul”; “There upon a Bough of Hope and Audacity”; and, “What Angels Call a Poet.” 

"Readers exploring the pages of this book are likely to experience it in different ways as they move back and forth between one poetic state of being and another. The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 may at times appear to be nothing more than a silk-thin illusion ––resembling at moments either a terrifying nightmare or a healing vision––spread across an evening mist. While at other times it will register as solid as a concrete sidewalk or a giant boulder."
-- (from author's Foreword)
Notes: KEYWORDS: Angel poems, spirituality, art, metaphysics, creativity, personal growth, paranormal poetry, Literary Festival, exhibitions, museums, tourism, psychology, care givers, post traumatic stress, grief, healing, black history, publishing, Barack Obama.
Table of contents: label: Part 1
title: in midnight’s orchard roses blossom
pagenum: v; label: poem
title: Angel of Hope’s Persistent Flight
pagenum: 1; label: Part 2
title: a halo like a world
pagenum: 25; label: poem
title: Photographed Light of My Grandmother’s Soul
pagenum: 27; label: Part 3
title: earth’s delights and heaven’s tears
pagenum: 49; label: poem
title: Angel of Grace
pagenum: 51; label: Part 4
title: The Bridge of Silver Wings
pagenum: 69; label: Personal Essay
title: Feathers of Gold, Feathers of Silver
pagenum: 71; label: Conclusion
title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 82