The seven poems and songs in this small volumn have been excerpted from the novel Spirit Thorn, a Tale of Parallel Worlds, by Zacharias O’Bryan, and are offered as a stand-alone collection and as an introduction to the longer work. Please enjoy them, and please feel free to pass along any comments you might have via the Blog found under the Community Pages at www.spiritthorn.com.

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Kestrelle, a young being from another dimension, faces her own fears at the story’s opening:

My Spirit Blood,

My Heart’s Own Stream,

Each Crimson Drop

The Seed I Bring.

My Thorn-Spilled Blood,

Will it Suffice?

From World to World

In Sacrifice?

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For the longer poems and songs, please visit the e-published version of Seven Songs & Poems From Spirit Thorn. It may be downloaded for approximately one dollar at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Poems-Songs-Spirit-ebook/dp/B0049H8X1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1290555650&sr=1-1

Or from Barnes and Noble:

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Or it may be read on line at Smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28065