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Pat Janus

In Memorium

June 9, 2006

On the last evening of her life, Pat gave a reading for Just Poets in Pittsford, NY. A packed audience witnessed and heard her read from her book "Synchronicity," just released that evening. She treated all who attended to an amazing voyage in words and personality. Her poems made us laugh, reminisce, reflect and skirt the border of tears. Ever the poet, she left us with an experience we will all treasure forever.

50% of the proceeds from the purchase of either of Pat's two books will be donated to Isaiah House, a hospice in Rochester where Pat spent many hours comforting the dying.

Love in the Time of Anthrax

Synchronicity

Cover Art by Sherry L. Tulloch

Pat Janus has long mentored young poets and is now one of the respected elders of our tribe. Beware: These poems are portals to a another reality, a world much like our own, but kinder, more attuned to shape of leaf, flow of breath, tug of place; in short, the sacred precincts we daily walk, unawares. This collection is a testament to a life lived deliberately, with compassionate service to others. And a sense of humor. These poems, though well honed, never lose the feel of spontaneity; like Blake's doors, they continually open to new delights and surprises.

John Roche

Author of On Conesus

FootHills Publishing, 2005

From the book:

Synchronicity

Part of me

lost

and I did not

even know

that it was missing.

Like some gift book

set aside

unread,

then picked up

at a later time,

and found to be

exactly

what I needed

to read,

you appeared

to call a name

I did not know

was mine

until I heard it.

ISBN 0-941053-89-X

Synchronicity

is a 72 page hand-sewn paperback with spine - $16.00

TO ORDER ON-LINE

To order through mail click here.

Love in the Time of Anthrax

When you read Pat Janus, you will be drawn to her human connections in life - the letters written, and not written on the fiber of real paper - the "dailyness" of events that defined the pains of loss and empty spaces left behind. The sensitivity of her imagery takes us to moments of discovery - to the dust of kitchen people - the newspaper street corner in NY City - the Kentucky Derby - their woods - and down the road of good intentions... trips laced with wonder and reflection. It is a tender read.

-- Ron Bailey

Poet/Teacher

From the book:

LOVE IN THE TIME OF ANTHRAX

The mail has always been

the thread that tied us

one to another.

Not the graceless

electronic messages

that flit across the screen,

but the slanting tendrils

of your handwritten words,

the linen paper imbued

with the essence of you.

A letter to be opened eagerly,

read,

carried in a pocket,

then reread in a different light.

I cannot imagine it to be

the death of me,

rather death would be,

if no letter came.

Pat Janus has always written poetry but took a hiatus from publishing to become an oncology nurse and then a hospital chaplain. This work enables her to be present to people at some of the most significant times of their lives.

Her poetry has been published in numerous literary journals and magazines and she is an active member of the Rochester poetry community.

Pat lives in the Corn Hill neighborhood of Rochester, N. Y.. Her three grown sons live in Penfield, N. Y., Quakertown, PA. and Birmingham, Alabama. She loves spending time with them and their families.

ISBN 0-941053-71-7

Love in the Time of Anthrax

is a 52 page hand-sewn paperback with spine - $10.00

TO ORDER ON-LINE

To order through mail click here.


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