JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 6, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Poetry lovers, adventurers and serious Christians are about to have an unforgettable experience from author W.H. Shuttleworth as Xlibris releases his new book New Diamonds and Old Gems: A Poet's Buried Treasure.
New Diamonds and Old Gems is a captivating collection of poems, art images, commentaries and biblical references that reflects the author's perspective of life. These poems tell about unforgettable moments from the author's past, our struggle to live based on God's Word, historical events, significant places or structures, the arts and even the controversial Da Vinci Code. Adding zest to this collection are highly-reflective commentaries with lessons from the Holy Bible and themes from certain historical events. From the first page until the last, New Diamonds and Old Gems travels through civilizations very old and now is your chance to make a contribution to your future.
New Diamonds and Old Gems will be featured in the 2009 Florida Library Association Regional Book Exhibit at Orlando, FL on May 6-8, 2009.
About the Author
When W.H. Shuttleworth's father passed away in 1990, he left one freshly written poem behind. He had written many wonderful poems over the years, but now there was hardly a trace of them around anymore, because his tattered collection of poems had been mislaid at a senior citizens' gathering near the end of his life. There was one written about his mother called "My Queen Irene" and one about him as a child called, "My Buster Upper Boy Bill."
So it appeared to Shuttleworth the Olympic torch had been handed to him to carry on this family tradition. Within that same year, he entered a poem he penned in Sunday school class into a contest sponsored by the National Library of Poetry. Since then, he has written many poems and has seen his work appear in anthologies encircling the globe -- all these and his participation in several International Society of Poets Conventions, leading to five books of his poetry getting published, besides this marvelous new one from Xlibris.
New Diamonds and Old Gems * by W.H. Shuttleworth
A Poet's Buried Treasure
www.whshuttleworth.com
Publication Date: May 19, 2008
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 156 pages; 978-1-4363-1573-9
Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 156 pages; 978-1-4363-1574-6
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