[Thespiritexpress] Voices 2023 - Dahlias, Gods & Mermaids (a book of poetry)

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~~~~ED~~~ 
~~~~~This is a Beautiful collection of Poetry put together in an amazing presentation~!! 

Loved reading your poems~!! POETIC VOICES OF SACRAMENTO 

“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs,
who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time
—proof that humans can work magic.”

~ Carl Sagan 


ED BALLDINGER

Ed Balldinger is a born, raised,and aging Sacra- mento native. He left Sacramento for 9 months once as an 18-year-old rookie of the road and inexplicably landed in York, Nebraskawhere he ran into his soul mate before returningtogether to Sacramento in 1983. They grew 2 sons into respectable men and many dreams into color- fulexperiences as co-creative partners. Ed has co-written/produced, played various instruments, and sung on 11 musical albums with 2 groups, the WNGC and the Mood Groove, in the past 26 years. Ed published a book of poetry in 2009 called, “from Cavity’s Kitchen to the Bone Comber’s home.” He has had poems published in Cold River Press col- lections, Quiet rooms 2020 and Voices 2022 – fantasies, demons & Lovers, and the 2023 Summer edition of the tule review. Ed is cur- rently working on a collection of new poetry which will be published and available in both written and spoken form upon completion in 2024. He can be contacted by email at ballding- er at gmail.com.

  

    https://www.coldriverpress.com/HTML/VOICES/voices.htm <https://www.coldriverpress.com/HTML/VOICES/voices.htm> 


> On Sep 1, 2023, at 2:44 PM, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to those of the Spirit Express! 
> 
> I'm excited to share a pdf file of a new book of collected poetry that includes some of my own poetry.  I've read a few of these pieces in our Tuesday Pathwork groups recently.  There are many more wonderful poets who've written some masterful poetry in this book.  Please check it out if you're so inclined.  https://www.coldriverpress.com/HTML/VOICES/voices.htm <https://www.coldriverpress.com/HTML/VOICES/voices.htm> 
> 
> Peace and blessings to all, 
> 
> ~ Ed Balldinger 
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