Song & Verse
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The comfort of a woman’s bosom is what gave way to this piece. My Mother's bosom, mine for my children and often a close friend. The solace that is found near the heart, I saw generations of women gathered in spirit and memory. The chain of our voices handed down by a gesture or a word of wisdom. How to put this on paper I pondered for many days. Jotted notes, tore pictures, and pulled trinkets from my jewelry box. More...
The Silver Locket
The silver locket was my mother's that has remnants of a sketch peeking out (I imagine the sketch is of her and my father, drawn by her). There is mention of generations past with the photo of my Aunt Wendy and the little black and white photo of three children above her head. The Sacred Heart hangs around the model's neck on the gold chain as the continuum of our voice, and the power of our stories, our love and our hearts.
"The Conception" and the "Three Graces" gather to suggest the network of women together weaving humanity, with intent to heal and give comfort.
Bosom by
Jean Jay
Reviews
There is a large audience for Echoes of the Heart / Song & Verse across the United States. This product must find those listeners/readers who are travelers through changing concepts of home, spirituality, healing, family--the journey. Production quality on this CD is high, Sharon West's voice is mellow and uniform, the music is well-paced and does not distract from the poetry, the poetry will bring new ears to the written word.
Jennifer Bosveld
Director, Pudding House Writers Innovation Center
Editor, Prayers to Protest: Poems that Center & Bless Us
Content and Track Samples
1. Picnic, by Susan Crawford, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
2. Open Me, by MJ Abell, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
3. Solitude, by Sara Phelps, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
4. Blessed Is The Woman-Video, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis,
and Sharon West
5. Ode to the Wordy, by Jean Jay, Jim Luellen, and Sharon
West
6. For Julie, composed and performed by Jim Luellen
7. Rocking You After Midnight, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and
Sharon West
8. Borrowed Copies, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
9. Elaine Tells Me, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
10. Right or Kind?, by Jean Jay, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
11. Prayer for Self-Acceptance, by Linda Farrenkopf, Jim
Luellen, and Sharon West
12. Amazing Grace, sung by Sara Phelps
13. Fingertips, by Kate McSweeney, Jim Luellen, and Sharon
West
14. No One Knows, by Jean Jay, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
15. For Love, by Karen Hunley-Pifher, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
16. Wisdom's Waters, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
17. We Are Children, by Karen Hunley-Pifher, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
18. For She Who is Being Tried, by MJ Abell, Jim Luellen, and
Sharon West
19. I'm Lonely, by Tani Colvin, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
20. Bittersweet, by Sue Mogan-Mattison, performed by Jim
Luellen
21. Letting Go, by Linda Farrenkopf, Jim Curlis, and Sharon
West
22. When We Pick Apples, by MJ Abell, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
23. Borne Into the Light, by Sue Mogan-Mattison, Jim Luellen, and Sharon West
24. My Mother's Jumpers, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and Sharon
West
25. Wisdom, Radiant Guide, by MJ Abell, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
26. My Precious Child, by Jean Jay, Jim Curlis, and Sharon West
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