A Collection of Wordstreams (Prose Poems & Vignettes) 1972 to 2010
Book Details
Author(s)Mark Jay Mann
PublisherBreakthrough Enterprises
ISBN / ASINB003YDXMUU
ISBN-13978B003YDXMU9
Sales Rank1,903,760
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Since the early 1970s, Mark Mann has been writing prose poems and poetry, which he calls wordstreams in part because they start out as stream of consciousness writing. He usually writes his wordstreams in his journals, and then later he begins the process of revising them. A Collection of Wordstreams consists of over 90 poems, prose poems and vignettes selected from eight different books that he plans to publish separately. The titles of the different sections of this collection reflect the wide range of themes he explores: Capturing the Essence of the Moment, Until I Awake in the Country, The Ghosts of the Goddesses, Lovestreams, The Wiley Wizard, Teenage Travails and Exhilarations, Travelstreams and Spiritstreams. He writes about the meanings of moments in time and cycles, spiritual pursuits, exploring alternate realities beyond space and time, longing for love and romance and intimacy, experiencing the magic in everyday life, travel insights and experiences, life stages, including the teenage years, and the imbalances and positive potentials in modern society. These writings have a wide range of emotional tones: romantic, longing, passionate, whimsical, satirical, socially-concerned, reaffirming, optimistic, liberating and reflective.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Mann was born in Houston, Texas on March 25, 1945. He now lives with his life partner, Diana, in Eugene, Oregon. Poetically, among his major influences are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Italo Calvino, Rumi, William Butler Yeats, William Blake, Bob Dylan, Ursula Le Guin, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, John Lennon, Rabelais, Roger Zelazny, Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca and Dane Rudhyar.
In 1996, the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA), Inc. published his book, Astrology for the Absolute Beginner, and in 1998, he was awarded The Paul R. Grell Award, “In Recognition For the Best Book Published by the AFA During 1996-1998. Mark Mann has a BA in English Literature and a MA in Counseling Psychology, both received from the University of Oregon. He has additional writing projects he will be publishing in the coming years, including additional collections of prose poems, a novel, astrological case studies and a book defining a practical and spiritual holistic model of life based upon insights gained from his metaphysical studies.
Since the early 1970s, Mark Mann has been writing prose poems and poetry, which he calls wordstreams in part because they start out as stream of consciousness writing. He usually writes his wordstreams in his journals, and then later he begins the process of revising them. A Collection of Wordstreams consists of over 90 poems, prose poems and vignettes selected from eight different books that he plans to publish separately. The titles of the different sections of this collection reflect the wide range of themes he explores: Capturing the Essence of the Moment, Until I Awake in the Country, The Ghosts of the Goddesses, Lovestreams, The Wiley Wizard, Teenage Travails and Exhilarations, Travelstreams and Spiritstreams. He writes about the meanings of moments in time and cycles, spiritual pursuits, exploring alternate realities beyond space and time, longing for love and romance and intimacy, experiencing the magic in everyday life, travel insights and experiences, life stages, including the teenage years, and the imbalances and positive potentials in modern society. These writings have a wide range of emotional tones: romantic, longing, passionate, whimsical, satirical, socially-concerned, reaffirming, optimistic, liberating and reflective.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mark Mann was born in Houston, Texas on March 25, 1945. He now lives with his life partner, Diana, in Eugene, Oregon. Poetically, among his major influences are Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Italo Calvino, Rumi, William Butler Yeats, William Blake, Bob Dylan, Ursula Le Guin, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, John Lennon, Rabelais, Roger Zelazny, Sylvia Plath, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca and Dane Rudhyar.
In 1996, the American Federation of Astrologers (AFA), Inc. published his book, Astrology for the Absolute Beginner, and in 1998, he was awarded The Paul R. Grell Award, “In Recognition For the Best Book Published by the AFA During 1996-1998. Mark Mann has a BA in English Literature and a MA in Counseling Psychology, both received from the University of Oregon. He has additional writing projects he will be publishing in the coming years, including additional collections of prose poems, a novel, astrological case studies and a book defining a practical and spiritual holistic model of life based upon insights gained from his metaphysical studies.
