TRANQUILITY, SOLITUDE, AND OTHER POEMS
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The force or strength of tranquility in everyday life is the existential center of my book . Pure philosophical thought colored by tinges of images of good and evil all baring some relationship with tranquility , the lack of tranquility , feelings of tranquility itself , pathways that lead to tranquility , meanings of tranquility in life and finally the beginnings of tranquility and our basic need for a tranquil life . This theme which runs through the center of my writings uses the poetic format combined with imagination to present to the reader new ideas , develop strong feelings and artistically express the fundamental and almost religious devotion of us all to peace and tranquility .
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Karen Lee Oliver was born in Poughkeepsie , New York on October 1,1959. She furthered a potential career in ballet by moving to N.Y.C. in 1973 where she studied on scholarship with American Ballet Th eater. Ms. Oliver graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. degree in English Literature Major/ Th eater Arts Major in 1981. She has since published three books with Xlibris: Pergola; 2002-2005, Tales From the Mirwood and Tranquility, Solitude and Other Poems in 2014. Selections: 1) THE LOTUS EATERS 2) THE MONKS OF WALLENSBURG 3) PICTURE IN THE SKIN 4) VESTIBULES OF TIME
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Tranquility was written after I moved from New York City to Clifton Park or what is called “ the country “ by city dwellers . Tranquility encompasses in totality the feelings of peace and tranquility that I found living here and enjoying nature and a quieter , paced life . Here are a few of my poems that reflect on a motif of tranquility : 1). THE LOTUS EATERS 2). THE MONKS OF WALLENSBURG 3). PICTURE IN THE SKIN