Beautiful Poetry

This is a small collection of compelling poetry written by Candy Ann. With the writings that capture the animosity, love, optimism, darkness, and deep depression; from her early teenage years filled with drugs, hatred, misery, and fear.

I sought to look beyond only the beauty of the lakes to explore the arts and heritage upon which the greatness of the county is built. Here we have the stories of people. Both tales of famous Cumbrians or those whose exploits focused the attention of the world on the region; and then sitting alongside are poems telling of ordinary people getting to have their story shared for the first time.

When any of the great world religions is portrayed in media in simple black and white images and broad generalizations, the poets of the world really are called to remind everyone of the light that is also there, at the heart of the tradition. In this work, Kimberly Beyer introduces us to the 99 beautiful names of God and how each is a window into the divine, not just as a transcendent idea but as a manifest reality.