This One Life

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What if the answers to your questions about life aren't in words </strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>but in what the words awaken within you?</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This One Life</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a profound and intimate collection of poetry inspired by The </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Duino Elegies</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the author explores the deepest questions of existence: </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I feel the way I do? Is there a God? And if so why is there so much hate and angst in the world?</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As these poems unfolded they revealed unexpected truths-insights into freedom identity love and the wisdom of the dying. The answers weren't in the words themselves. They were in the emotions they stirred offering healing transformation and personal revelation.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Readers describe </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This One Life</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> as a book that doesn't just speak to the mind but to the soul. As one reviewer put it:</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I thought I was learning about the author; the woman I got to know a little deeper was myself.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- JB Hollows Mentor Author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Wing of an Angel</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If you are drawn to poetry that illuminates the unseen challenges the depths of your being and lingers in your heart long after the final page </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This One Life</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is for you.</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For seekers dreamers and those who long to understand life's mysteries-this book is waiting for you.</strong></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Maria Iliffe-Wood has draped herself in vulnerability writing her truth softly doing the work of unravelling our questioning souls.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Autumn Bettinger Fishtrap Fellow 2024.</span></p><p></p>