eastward by Laura Minning
e a s t w a r d I turn eastward to allow the radiance of the sun to light my way. And I allow the moon to descend without grace from Heaven’s warmth and peaceful embrace. My hopes have been liberated from the chains that were made to bind them. And I bask in the knowledge that I have been victorious over all of the pain and suffering that I have chosen to leave far behind. ~laura j. minning excerpt from “a verbal collage” c. november 2006 brcartandpoetry.wordpress.com Laura Minning began writing creatively at the age of nine. She’s become an award winning published poet and author since that time. All in all, she’s had one-hundred and seven individual poems, six articles, two books, two plays and one piece of prose published in both hard copy and on-line. Her work has been featured in publications like “Literature Today”, “Amulet Magazine” and “Slate & Style”. Laura received her first Editor’s Choice Aw...