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Life is full of contrast and contradiction. There is nothing so sweet and juicy as a tree-ripened peach, yet the shame of a peach tree switch on bare young legs can be cruel and damaging. In the title poem, "The Peach Tree", Spier shows us how she learned to practice moderation for fear of allergy or addiction. Spier posits one must compromise for the sake of all other human beings. One must curb one's desire for more and more, in order that...

After fifty years of meditating, Ann Spier discovered her inner thoughts sometimes came in the shape of poetry. She had always loved poetry, from Rumi to Mary Oliver, but she didn't trust herself to write it. How does one learn to play with these beautiful words? Then it just happened. Tenuously at first, then, with encouragement from others, she became more brave. RANDOM THOUGHTS is not only the bits and pieces of a spiritual journey, but als...

TWELVE DOGS is a fresh and funny autobiographical fantasy featuring dogs and their friendships with humans. What if you could contract to have dogs share your lifetime on earth? What if that relationship was the key to everything else? This unique, genre-bending "Tale of Tails" will captivate all dog lovers. But it is also the story of the mother of a schizophrenic daughter, a heart-breaking account of nightmarish hospitalizations, assaults on...