The Infinite Faces of Love
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Представьте себе жизнь не как розу в саду, как лабиринт из тысяч людей, где каждый оставляет взгляд шрам, а каждый вздох шепчет: «Я люблю». «Бесконечные лики любви: пока я дышу, я люблю» — это эпическая поэма для тех, кто пережил страсть и зависимость. От первых искр («Мы встретились лицом к лицу» — глава I), борьбы («Я не дам тебе воскресение» — глава II) и прощания («Прощай» – глава IV) до молитвы надежды (глава III) – это сага о победе любви. Эпилог «Я остаюсь» сияет, как ослепительная звезда: «В конце туннеля есть ослепительная звезда, / Но мой пульс все еще говорит: живи для меня» — песня, которая не отпускает. Для женщин и мужчин старше 20 лет, которые устали от сладких сказок, но ищут суть: любовь — это боль, основная основа силы. В качестве бонуса: ссылка на YouTube-канал автора с песнями, подобранными к избранным стихотворениям из сборника, включая «Я останусь» — пусть слова поют. Погрузитесь в этот лабиринт. Пока вы дышите, любители.
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Praise for this book
★★★★★ There is a universality to this book because who among us has not experienced love and lost it - whether it was a high school romance that soured and led to a parting of the ways or, on the other end of the spectrum, the loss of a spouse in old age. In writing a book like this, an author inevitably exposes a part of themselves to public view, and I cannot help wondering if one poem, entitled "Forgive Me," is reflective of something the writer experienced in her own life. The poem takes the reader through several stages of a relationship - from the initial physical attraction two people have for each other ("A fire I stoked with every heartbeat yet"), the realization that one person is maturing faster emotionally than the other ("The me I am growing into"), and the post mortem on the relationship ("You were just a passing storm"). "Someday" also strikes me as a poem about 'lessons learned' when it says "No more I leap headfirst into the flame." In addition to being adept at creating interesting metaphors (e.g. "Words like bullets thundered through the air), the author has a good command of English. One word in the book, "fugue," was unfamiliar to me, so I looked it up in the dictionary - and found a 30-word definition that contained 2 more terms I had to look up separately! For some readers this book will be a pleasant trip down memory lane, while for others it will serve as a reminder of the heartache they endured on the road to finding their true soul mate.
★★★★★ Fair disclosure: I'm usually not that much into poetry, but I recently read another book by this author and really enjoyed it, so I decided to give this one a try. And I’m so glad I did!
Gemma’s poems touched something deep inside me—parts of my soul I’d long lost touch with. I really didn't expect to feel this much. They have this dreamlike, almost trance-like quality that just transports you to another reality. And that’s only the beginning—because at the end of the book, Gemma shares links to her YouTube channels, and that’s where the real magic happens.
Now, imagine all those beautiful poems set to the magnificent music Gemma writes and performs herself. And just wait until you hear her voice!
Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the mesmerizing videos yet.
I mean, how much talent can one person have? It really should be illegal.
In short, just buy the book—you'll thank me later.