Author Deborah Renee Releases New Poetry Collection Full Of Honesty, Passion, & Visual Imagery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) November 16, 2011 -- Author Deborah Renee Releases New Poetry Collection Full Of Honesty, Passion, & Visual Imagery

A Better Kind of Madness presents an exciting new poetry collection focused on visual imagery that seeks to engulf the senses of the reader and carry them into new realms and horizons of thought. The simple, imaginative verse contains layers of meaning, full of strong emotional content peppered with joy and humor, wit and wackiness, anger and sadness, all written with sincere passion. In this, her first collection, poet Deborah Renee shares poetry that is honest, emotional, and heartfelt—verses designed to speak to anyone and everyone.

Sit for a moment ... grab a cup of tea or coffee, open this book and read about:

• The power of jigsaw puzzles
• Why the old man sits on the porch
• What the moon whispers
• See the saxophone tones
• Immerse yourself in the misty morning
• Meet wacky Basketown characters
• Find out what you might see on a solitary country road
• See your soul in ripples of faith
• Add these ingredients to your simmering stew
• Chuckle at the Fat Cat's tribute to Dr. Seuss

• Gain a whole new perspective on maggots
• See my great-great grandmother's picture and hear her message
• Taste, inhale and feel the rainbow
• Decide if you would drink the witch's brew
• Learn what kind of light isn't a light

Enter into the powerful chapter of Fire Shadows, or cool yourself in the chapter of Water Visions. Yes ... it's all in here, and more! Written in free-verse rhymed and non-rhymed, rhyming couplets, haiku, senyru, narrative, rhyming quatrains, blank verse, limericks and other formats. A Better Kind of Madness will reach your emotions, so hold on, because some poems might even make your head reel. And, yes, thinking is allowed. My promise is that you will find your favorite inside. So, open this book, enter the poet's eyes, begin reading ... and let the poetic madness begin!

Book Information:
A Better Kind Of Madness
Author: Deborah Renee
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1-46205-667-5
Pages: 232
Published: October 2011

About The Author

Deborah Renee, author of A Better Kind of Madness: Vivid Poetic Images, has worked in the field of MH/MR, and with individuals with physical disabilities in direct care and as a case manager for eight years. She spent time employed as a coordinator and tutor in an adult literacy program, and also worked in customer service at an internet-based company. For the past several years, she has worked as a Nursing Assistant with AIDS patients, and the geriatric population in hospice, short-term and long-term care. She has had several poems published in various magazines, including Writer's World, Cat Fancy Magazine and Poet Sanctuary Reflections 2010. Through the years she's taken study courses at Community College of Philadelphia and Temple University in Education. She spent parts of her childhood growing up in Sanford, Florida; Willingboro, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she currently resides. This is her first published collection of poems.

For more information, review copies, or interviews please contact the author at:

Deborah Renee
Email: 4privatewords@gmail.com
Website: http://www.bettermadness.com

A Better Kind Of Madness is available for purchase online from the author’s website, from the publisher, Amazon.com, BN.com and other online retailers.

Bookstores should contact Ingram for wholesale orders.

More information can be found online at http://www.BookBuzz.net

author     book     honesty     passion     philadelphia     poetry