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Ninety poems celebrating the natural world, most specifically the open prairie. The landscape lies under the horizon, so it appears deceptively empty. But to those who know how to see, there is no lack of discovery and experience.

What are people saying?

Duane L. Herrmann offers a somewhat spiritual and wondrous journey through poems in this new collection. Poems range in style and form, but each one carries a life within the lines. His poems are thoughtful and connected. The poems resonate and radiate his sense of passion and care which is evident on each page.

The poems are seamlessly woven together, presenting memorable insights. Topics range from power, words, dust, peace, nature, and so much more. His writings are fascinating, and his writing style shows a deep passion for the poems he has composed.

~ LB Sedlacek

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Your writing shows how deep a thinker you are. You observe and are able to articulate stories about humanity. Your writing deserves to be read. You are clearly a kind person!

~ Charli Mills 

Sample poems

PATH TAKEN

Path in the woods
barely trod:
do I go
and risk knowing?
What change will it make
in me, my life?
Trees whisper.
Do I listen?
Carefully –
what do they say?
Wind sings Autumn
and leaves crackle
underfoot.
What adventure is life
today?
I walk
treading lightly
with my soul.

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GRASS FOREVER

Before dinosaurs,
there was grass.
Before buffalo,
there was grass.
Before humans roamed,
there was grass.
After dinosaurs,
grass remained.
After buffalo stopt roaming,
some grass remained.
After humans –
will grass still remain?
The sun will shine,
there might be rain,
but will grass grow?
What will humans do
before they learn
Earth is precious?

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MORNING DREAMING

Mist rising, circling wisps
over still, smooth water.
Silence.
The morning is empty,
even the birds
have not found their voice –
waiting, waiting
for the sun
and warmth and light.

SPLASH!

Ripples cross the lake
gently rock the boat.
The boy stirs,
his sleeping nest
too warm to leave,
the dream
just within reach:
mist circling, rising…

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