Poetry Dust, In the Middle of My Before and After is a collector’s edition poetry and art book, created with the hope that it becomes a meaningful gift in someone’s hands. It’s something you can give to a friend, a daughter, a mother, or anyone who loves poetry, creativity, and beautiful visuals. Or keep it close on your own coffee table for the moments when you need an artistic lift or a reminder of beauty.
Award-Winning Title — 2025 National Indie Excellence® Award
With over 60 poems and more than 60 vibrant art pieces, this book offers a visually rich experience, filled with color, reflection, and the beauty found in this wild and extraordinary life. Every other page opens into a nearly full-page illustration, giving the reader as much colorful art as possible in this coffee table art book.
It is a personal journey through themes of loss, love, language, time, travel, impermanence, resilience, inspiration, reflection, imagination, and the contrasts life places within our paths.It marks my first collection of poetry and art, created with the hope that it inspires you in the ways art has always inspired me.
Whether you’ve read poetry your whole life or are new to discovering it, this collection invites you to slow down, reflect, and hopefully spark something new in your own creative power.
SHOP THE BOOK HERE: A hardcover, full-color art and poetry collection
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Two Seconds of Eternity: An Experience in Another Dimension
For as long as I can remember, I’ve carried deep questions about life, purpose, love, good and evil, and what lies beyond what we can see. Then one day, I slipped into another dimension—outside of time itself. It lasted only seconds in earthly terms, yet it was vast, timeless, and filled with a bliss I cannot fully describe. It wasn’t a dream or vision—it was a direct encounter.
When I returned, the impact was immediate. It felt as though the wind had been knocked out of me—not in pain, but in astonishment. There were so many layers to grasp, as if everything I thought I knew had been blown wide open. I quickly realized that everything we know and imagine here is based on what we’ve already seen. But what I had experienced was beyond anything my mind could recognize. I knew I had to translate this ineffable moment into words.
In the time that followed, I avoided reading other Near-Death Experience (NDE) accounts, spiritual writings, or metaphysical works, until I could document what I had experienced. I wanted my account to remain raw and unfiltered.
Two Seconds of Eternity is the result: not fiction, nor doctrine, but a metaphysical, spiritual, and philosophical exploration of time, duality, emotion, and the mysteries of our existence. Among the many revelations, one stood out clearly: love is not just an emotion, but a force—as vital as air or water.
If you’ve ever wondered about NDEs, spirituality, or the meaning of life and death, I invite you to read this short but full book and reflect with me. And if you’ve had a similar experience, or carry questions of your own, I’d love to hear from you.