Bøger af Annette Hope Billings

"Descants for a Daughter, a collection of affirmations/meditations, reads like a blessing for all daughters, for all humanity. It inspires us to recognize our own worth, to resist the forces that threaten to diminish us as we move along life's path, and to remind the people we love to do the same. It is a collection to be returned to many times."

This collection of poetry reveals why her readers dub Annette Hope Billings "Maya of the Midwest." Annette Hope Billings writes with clear eyes, original images, evocative rhythms, and unfolding daring in her book A Net Full of Hope. Starting with a tribute to her muse (and many of ours), Maya Angelou, she then calls on readers to awaken so that we can join her on this journey into the heart of poetry, pausing along the way to honor those who went before her, and always speaking to the generations to come. From the freshness of grief to the tincture of kindness, this collection speaks to the depth of hope and range of love. - Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, 2009-13 Kansas Poet Laureate. Annette Hope Billings is a poet's poet. Her writing pays tribute to those women before her, while inspiring those who have yet to write. She helps guide anyone who looks for hope to the page, that "trail of healing," with her words of comfort in the midst of a world of struggle and grief. Just like in her poem "Note to Self": "You are either going to do this love thing / or you're not," my hope is for everyone to pick up this collection for her full revelation of love and human connection. She has me dreaming of a shared path, of those "flowers of grace / and forests of mercy" inside us all. --Dennis Etzel Jr., The Sum of Two Mothers What a wonderful discovery! Here is so much wisdom and courage; so much love, compassion and honesty. Annette has wrapped it all in an eye-twinkle of orneriness. Max Yoho, poet and novelist

JUST SHY OF STARS is Annette Billings' eagerly awaited third book. This collection of poetry reads like ajourney across the continuum of human emotion with stops at the most poignant places in life. In thisbook, as with previous ones, Billings writes about sorrow with the same bravado as joy and humor.Annette Hope Billings is an award-winning poet and actress from the Midwest. Her dynamic style of reciting has led fans to dub her "the Maya of the Midwest." Her first book of poetry, A Net Full of Hope (2015), garnered the 2015 ARTSConnect ARTY Award in Literature. Her next book, Descants for a Daughter (2016), was a collection of affirmations. Her poetry can also appears in the following anthologies: Gimme Your Lunch Money: Heart land Poets Respond to Bullying (2016), Twisting Topeka (2016), Our Last Walk: Using Poetry for Grieving and Remembering Our Pets.(2016), and Kansas Time + Place: An Anthology of Heartland Poetry (Balkans Press, 2017). Billings' poetry can also be found in both online and print publications including Coal City Press (2016) and Konza Magazine (2016 and 2017). To view short videos of her poetry performances, visit tinyurl.com/anfohvideos, her website at http://anetfullo ope.com /, her facebook: anetfullo ope, or on Twitter: @AnnetteBilling3