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Told from the perspective of a middle-aged lover-in-training, these poems have all the joy, all the pain, and all the wonder, but resonate through eyes that have traveled a few miles down that sometimes-lonesome highway of romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book of meaning, wonder, laughter, and tears that women will adore... but don't be fooled, men, because you'll root for it, too  While the women are smiling in romantic bliss, you men will be wondering where this guidebook has been all your lives. Romance is not dead  Knuckleheads still abound  Love, sweet love is still the kindest medicine of them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt takes an experienced traveler to understand what to make of love. Charles P. Ries is guide, guru, therapist, participant, and equal-opportunity opportunist, as well as the blind leading the lost. Yet, through it all, his true north remains \u003ci\u003elove\u003c\/i\u003e, and his destination remains this singular realization of what it is to be fully alive and human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSample: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfluences of Light\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt happens each early summer.\u003cbr\u003eShe backs off her anti-depressants, \u003cbr\u003ethinking more UV rays can substitute\u003cbr\u003efor her drugs. She comes out swinging, \u003cbr\u003edetermined to reclaim what is\u003cbr\u003erightfully hers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a day or a week, she's a warrior\u003cbr\u003ebut quickly fades into a humble, \u003cbr\u003etumble, pile of bewilderment. (It's\u003cbr\u003ehard to sustain determination on\u003cbr\u003ejust sunlight. 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As he debunks the mythology of Cupid with deft humor and insight, Ries simultaneously invokes the nine muses, morphing himself into a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac, an inimitable inamorato brimming with Bodhisattva wit and Casanova charm. Forget all you know about Venus and Mars  Here, you'll find eros, phileo, and agape kindled in brilliant coalescence, ready for the reverential caress of your mind's naked eye. Make no mistake, these are poems you'll want to know by heart. -Charles Nevsimal, Editor\/Publisher at Centennial Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRies' poems reveal a certain vulnerability as he reflects on his relationships. These poems are written beautifully and have such a unique and quiet voice to them. His search to have the mystery of love answered, is answered. This book is meaningful, sad, witty, intimate, delicate, and extraordinarily good. These poems read like little elegies full of heart. 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