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    The Museum Muse
    The Museum Muse
    The Museum Muse
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    The Museum Muse

    By Tom Mach

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    The Museum Muse is no ordinary book of poetry. It's a source of introspection, a philosophy of who were, are, or have been. Written by an award-winning poet it contains verse such as:
    " time is only a human construct
    because in the totality of things
    there is no past, present, or future,
    just as there is never an end
    and never a beginning
    in a seamless ring of gold.
    thus, while we examine the past
    in a museum of the soul
    do we not experience the future as well?
    without our invention of time,
    without the fête of birth,
    without the gloom of death,
    we would live forever.

    but we do live forever—
    —and that is the celebration of life."
    Copyright ©2014 by Tom Mach

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTom Mach
    Release dateMar 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311790347
    The Museum Muse
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    Tom Mach

    Tom Mach wrote three successful historical novels, Sissy!, All Parts Together, and Angels at Sunset. The first two were listed among the 150 best Kansas books in 2011. Sissy! won the J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award while All Parts Together was a viable entrant for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Award. Angels at Sunset was a Finalist for the International Book Award. Tom's latest collection of poetry is The Museum Muse and his previous poetry collection won the 2008 Nelson Poetry Book Award. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled Stories To Enjoy which received positive reviews. In addition to winning poetry awards from Kansas Authors Club, Tom was a finalist in a nationwide Writer’s Digest Awards competition He coaches writing for 4th and 5th graders in his spare time.

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