A Long way from Home - Appleton, Brian Hanson
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This is volume III of blank verse poetry written from 2016 to 2017 entitles "A Long Way from Home". The title represents many layers...a long way from home as in seperation from heaven and God, seperation from the metaphysical, from our own soul and spiritual nature, also seperation from where I grew up which was Italy so I have been in exhile since 1972, there are poems about alienation and loneliness in the modern hi tech world, poems about the beauty of nature, about the human condition, about love and the difficulty of finding lasting love, about death and the death of friends, about…mehr

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This is volume III of blank verse poetry written from 2016 to 2017 entitles "A Long Way from Home". The title represents many layers...a long way from home as in seperation from heaven and God, seperation from the metaphysical, from our own soul and spiritual nature, also seperation from where I grew up which was Italy so I have been in exhile since 1972, there are poems about alienation and loneliness in the modern hi tech world, poems about the beauty of nature, about the human condition, about love and the difficulty of finding lasting love, about death and the death of friends, about emotions, about politics, about travel, about Iran. About the past and medievil times, about horses, about friends and childhood memories and farway places. About a life in exhile, about expatriotism, about war, about revolution, about relocation and immigration....Volume I is called "A Thousand Years at the Bottom of a Well" and volume II is called "Another Thousand Years."
Autorenporträt
Brian H. Appleton, is an American writer who spent 20 years abroad, five of which were in Iran in the 1970's. He first visited Iran alone at age 16 for the summer in 1966 and his latest visit was in 2008. His first book also about Iran, about his own experiences there as an American is entitled Tales form The Zirzameen first published in 2007, now in its 3rd edition. It includes his account of the revolution of 1979 and five months after. He was briefly taken hostage and rescued by a heroic Iranian woman. He has written numerous articles for various Iranian American publications including Payam Javan, Payvand, Irandokht, Iranian.com, Persian Heritage Magazine, Persian Mirror. Other works include three volumes volumes of poetry and contributions to several anthologies such as Love and Pomegranites. Appleton was knighted in 2008 into the order of St John Hospitaller for his peace efforts between Iran and the USA. He also holds a BA in Anthropology from George Washington University and a Masters in Ancient History from University of Fundamental Knowledge Oxford network, St Petersburg, Russian Federation.