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    You After All
    You After All
    You After All
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    You After All

    By Mark R. Turner

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    A strange tale about off beat people living on the edge in the middle of normal society. It is not clear when or where the story takes place, except that it seems rural. Poetry seems to be a normal mode of conversation for these people. Yet, their circumstances are very concrete in the life-and-death, work-a-day, here and now. A desperate family in a life and death struggle needs their mysterious leader to come from a distance and help them, but he is too late. Now what can he do?
    The way Mark Turner weaves poems into the interaction of his characters is intrigueing and thought provoking. This story contains four poems also found in Turner's poetry ebook "Beautify, Oh". The story, both familiar and mysterious, will continue to play upon your mind long after its conclusion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark R. Turner
    Release dateApr 17, 2012
    ISBN9781476000510
    You After All
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    Mark R. Turner

    Mark Turner is a visual artist, filmmaker, writer and artistic leader. He has produced and taught in five major regions of the globe as the director of Horizon Gate Productions, a non-profit arts organization which he co-founded with his wife in 1981. His emphasis has been in multi-media to tell stories and produce contemplative experiences using his visuals, poetry and soundtracks. He is currently creating tangible and digital art of inspirational and metaphorical images which he then re-purposes as motion graphics films with rich sound tracks of his poetry, sound effects and music. All this is exhibited together in a conversational atmosphere called the Film Gallery Cafe which can be booked in many venues.

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      You After All - Mark R. Turner

      You After All

      By Mark R. Turner

      Copyright 2002 Mark R. Turner

      Smashwords Edition

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      The Future Seed a short story

      Give Us this Day a short story

      Beautify, Oh a volume of poetry

      Cover by Mark R. Turner

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      Table of Contents

      The Cottage

      Poem: There Is A Drought

      A Day’s Journey Away

      Meeting

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