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Terry Lowenstein

Searching for Tea Leaves in a Cup of Coffee

Beyond the Grocer's Shelves

The photo on the front cover was taken between 1883-1884 and shows the Conklin family store in New York City. In the foreground wearing plaid is Lela Bella Conklin, Joel Lowenstein's grandmother. The man wearing the apron is her father-Harrison Conklin, the great grandfather of Joel Lowenstein. Joel Lowenstein is Terry Lowenstein's husband and it is with his permission the photo is used.

From the Book:

Beyond the Grocer's Shelves

Freud goes shopping

cigar clenched,

his mood grows restless.

Displays of carrots, asparagus,

cucumbers, bananas, and oysters

induce thoughts that arouse.

Lust disrobes as chocolate whispers

and a juicy ripe peach is held in hand.

His dreams will never be the same.

Beyond the Grocer's Shelves

is a 52 page hand-sewn book with spine - $12.00

TO ORDER ON-LINE

To order through mail click here

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Words have always fascinated me and I love the array of flavors they offer. That taste is intensified when words are allowed to steep, then poetry is the result and the blend is indeed one to savor. It is my wish that you will enjoy the special blend of poems that make up my first chapbook "Searching for Tea Leaves in a Pot of Coffee."

Terry Lowenstein

Contents

A Fairy Tale is Born

A Kaleidoscope of Days

As Good as it Gets

between the notes of chimes

Cabbages

Checkmate

Chesapeake Beach Early 60's

Cold Coffee

Dancers Return

Learning to Strip

pleasure

Poetry

searching for tea leaves in a pot of coffee

Spokes of Days

Taunting Sigmund

The Assignment

the cornucopia is empty

The Stones Speak

Tiptoeing Up the Stairs

From the book:

Taunting Sigmund

Life raises her skirt

and flirts with Freud.

He chokes on cigar smoke

and tries in vain

to coax her to his couch.

She laughs, avoids his grasp

and speaks with words that hint

of symbolism while mocking theory.

He reaches yet again,

determination pulsing

through his veins.

But, Life will not be caught

and tiring of the game,

waltzes out.

Only her perfume remains

to dance with his mind

and tease his soul.

Terry Lowenstein is of Irish and French descent and was born in Virginia, but her accent betrays the years she spent growing up in New England. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband, two daughters and two cats-Dickens and Emerson. A well published writer, her day job is writing magazine and newspaper articles that include personal essays, travel articles and book reviews. Terry Lowenstein's work appears in numerous anthologies, journals, ezines, magazines and newspapers throughout the United States and internationally.

ISBN 0-941053-68-7

Searching for Tea Leaves in a Pot of Coffee

is a 28 page hand-sewn chapbook - $7.00

TO ORDER ON-LINE

To order through mail click here


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