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    Sunlight
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    Sunlight

    By Barbara Chung

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    Sunlight, the debut poetry collection from Barbara Chung, illuminates the joy of being alive even in a deeply troubled world. It reveals the magic in life's day-to-day moments, whether tending a garden, sharing food with friends, or caring for beloved dogs. The poems move delicately and gracefully between the ordinary and the transcende

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCanyon Wren Press LLC
    Release dateOct 6, 2020
    ISBN9781735448916
    Sunlight
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    Barbara Chung

    Barbara Chung is the author of the poetry collection Sunlight. Along with writing, she serves as a business strategy advisor and tends her garden, a certified wildlife habitat. She studied at Harvard University and University of California, Los Angeles. Barbara lives in Santa Monica, California.

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      Book preview

      Sunlight - Barbara Chung

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      Copyright © 2020 by Barbara Chung

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or performed without written consent from the author, if living, except for critical articles or reviews.

      Canyon Wren Press

      Santa Monica, California

      www.canyonwrenpress.net

      Cover design by Lluvia Arras

      Cover and author photographs by Jack Smith

      Sunlight / Barbara Chung – 1st edition

      ISBN 978-1-7354489-0-9 (paperback) / ISBN 978-1-7354489-1-6 (eBook)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2020913948

      For inquiries, email [email protected]

      Printed in the United States of America

      For my mother and father, and in memory of Ella

      Contents

      Rain

      Breakfast

      Honeybee

      Fatal Metalmark

      On the 7th of January, 2020

      On the Last Day of May

      Here

      Listen

      Suicide Rock

      Embrace

      Sled Run

      Alchemy

      Cinnamon

      Christmastime

      Waiting Rooms

      Sentinels

      Silence

      Tonight

      Strain

      California Sagebrush

      Solstice

      Birdsong

      Stillness

      Today

      Ladybug

      Heirlooms

      Seeds

      Pandora’s Box

      Forgiveness

      Blossoms

      Flame

      Longevity

      Willowherb

      Treasures

      Speak, Love

      Canyon Wren

      Hummingbirds

      California Avenue

      Sunlight (I & II)

      Acknowledgments

      Notes

      About the Author

      Weeping may endure for a night,

      but joy comes in the morning.

      —Psalm 30:5

      Sunlight

      Rain

      When children walk in the rain, they look up,

      tilt their heads back till grownups and houses

      disappear, fill their vision with—with what?

      I’ll never know unless I look up too.

      Cashmere clouds, gentle

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