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Goddess of Swizzle

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shirley J. BrewerPublish date:4/7/2026Pages:126
Language:EnglishPublisher:Apprentice HouseISBN-13:9781627206242ISBN-10:1627206248UPC:9781627206242Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women AuthorsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SC7CVT95KB

Goddess of Swizzle invites the reader to "a feast for here and now."

A recurring theme, given voice in the title poem, is a call to focus on and value the

present moment-with its beauty and sorrows-rather than on some perfect scenario.

Ah, an occasional flight of fancy!

"Swizzle" means to stir or mix, as if with a swizzle stick. In this collection,

the author-who earned her MBA from the Maryland Bartending Academy-

stirs up memories from childhood, adolescence, midlife, including her passion

for ekphrastic poems.

This collection includes reflections on: Family, Colors, Love, Loss, Art, Healing, Celebration, Friendship, Community, Culture, Imagination.

Each poem is a story/vignette, and each includes mention of a food or drink,

to highlight ways we nurture ourselves and one another. These poems serve up

slices of the personal, yet spring from a universal palate.

May Goddess of Swizzle stimulate deep resonance for all who partake.

And may these poems offer satisfaction, joy, and refreshment.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Apprentice HouseISBN-13:9781627206242ISBN-10:1627206248UPC:9781627206242Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women AuthorsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.27 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SC7CVT95KB
Brewer, Shirley J.: - "Shirley J. Brewer graduated from careers in bartending, palm-reading and speech therapy. She is a poet, educator, and workshop facilitator. Shirley serves as poet-in-residence at Carver Center for the Arts in Baltimore, and on the board of Passager, a nonprofit, independent publisher whose mission is to publish and present the work of older writers. Her award-winning poems garnish Smartish Pace, Poetry East, Slant, Gargoyle, Chiron Review, The Comstock Review, and many other journals/anthologies. Nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, Shirley was a 2020 guest on The Poet and The Poem with Grace Cavalieri, former Maryland poet laureate, broadcast from the Library of Congress, where Shirley's poems are now archived and - as part of the Lunar Codex program - are currently on the moon! Her lifetime of poetic research includes (brief but memorable) conversations with Al Pacino, Bette Midler, Richard Chamberlain, and Robin Williams.Shirley received the first-ever Creativity Award from the University of Baltimore, where she earned her MA in Creative Writing/Publishing Arts. Her personal definition: I Am Shimmering Goddess Energy. Website: shirleyjbrewer.com"
Publisher: Apprentice House

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