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Title: Vibrating with Silence Author: Deanna Nikaido
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Vibrating with Silence soothes the soul, relaxes the mind, and vibrates with quiet thoughts. The inside artwork, drawn by the author, is beautiful and calming--the perfect accompaniment to the spirit of the poems recited in the book.
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"Keen intellect meets fathomless heart, encased in grace. Neither east nor west, this is citizen of the world poetry— at its esoteric best."-Rebecca Hoffberger, Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
"Keen intellect meets fathomless heart, encased in grace. Neither east nor west, this is citizen of the world poetry— at its esoteric best."
-Rebecca Hoffberger, Founder,
American Visionary Art Museum
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"Ms. Nikaido's first collection, Vibrating with Silence, has the golden touch of craft. It has reverence along with a shyness that's belied by the clearest of eyes. It has the grace of a seed. And, yes indeed, it has smarts."-Hiram Larew, Poet, Co-Founder of the Poet Connection
"Ms. Nikaido's first collection, Vibrating with Silence, has the golden touch of craft. It has reverence along with a shyness that's belied by the clearest of eyes. It has the grace of a seed. And, yes indeed, it has smarts."
-Hiram Larew, Poet,
Co-Founder of the Poet Connection
January 31, 1998If only I could take this breathand blow the wordsfrom this tangled conversationinto one webless thoughtI would be a spider freefrom that one unbalanced detailwritten in the surfacethat assumes there is no certain step,only belly safe on thin ice,a weightless shadowfalling from a branch
January 31, 1998
If only I could take this breath
and blow the words
from this tangled conversation
into one webless thought
I would be a spider free
from that one unbalanced detail
written in the surface
that assumes there is no certain step,
only belly safe on thin ice,
a weightless shadow
falling from a branch
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whose hidden feet know groundwhose wooden fingers know sky.I would be inside that one,ahead of the weary shadows castwho knows this womb is not a coffinbut the seed of one whose secret earfor the sake of listening and being heardknows both sides of language.It is in this one’'s eyeI want to be visible,absent of shadow or reflection
whose hidden feet know ground
whose wooden fingers know sky.
I would be inside that one,
ahead of the weary shadows cast
who knows this womb is not a coffin
but the seed of one whose secret ear
for the sake of listening and being heard
knows both sides of language.
It is in this one’'s eye
I want to be visible,
absent of shadow or reflection
beyond anything sustained by blood or ink,recognized in the pause that follows my regretsby the things I do not sayin this dusty second skin that I’ve attractedto this half empty, half full riddle.
beyond anything sustained by blood or
ink,
recognized in the pause that follows my
regrets
by the things I do not say
in this dusty second skin that I’ve attracted
to this half empty, half full riddle.
Deanna Nikaido has always loved the mystery of linking the inner world with the outer and looks for ways to throw paint on the invisible. She is a graduate of Art Center College of Design with a degree in Illustration. For her, writing is a listening process, an
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unplanned certainty where pen point intersects the page and conversation begins.She has been featured at venues including the Capitol Bookfest, Martha's Vineyard, American Visionary Art Museum: Rumi Festival and others.Nikaido is very interested in creating workshops, and mentoring youth who love to write and want to develop
unplanned certainty where pen point intersects the page and conversation begins.
She has been featured at venues including the Capitol Bookfest, Martha's Vineyard, American Visionary Art Museum: Rumi Festival and others.
Nikaido is very interested in creating workshops, and mentoring youth who love to write and want to develop
artistic forms of expression. She believes literacy, particularly the creative aspect, is vastly important to maintaining internal wholeness and connection, a challenge in today's fast paced society. Nikaido is a native of Denver, and currently resides near her children in Baltimore Maryland.
artistic forms of expression. She believes literacy, particularly the creative aspect, is vastly important to maintaining internal wholeness and connection, a challenge in today's fast paced society.
Nikaido is a native of Denver, and currently resides near her children in Baltimore Maryland.
"Ms. Nikaido's first collection, Vibrating with Silence, has the golden touch of craft. It has reverence along with a shyness that's belied by the clearest of eyes. It has the grace of a seed. And, yes indeed, it has smarts."--Hiram Larew, Poet, Co-Founder of the Poet Connection
--Hiram Larew, Poet,
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ISBN: 9780975440285 / 60pgs.
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