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Magic in the Backyard
by
Kellie Elmore (Goodreads Author)
Growing up in a small town, Kellie Elmore learned of love and loss within her humble "backyard" surroundings. Weaving stories inspired by these emotions and the vast nature of the East Tennessee foothills has become her passion. You will feel the enchantment at the center of this collection of prose and poetry as you are completely taken in by the allure of Magic in the Ba...more
Paperback, 1st Edition, 132 pages
Published
April 1st 2012
by Winter Goose Publishing
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April saw me collect a number of poetry books in honor of National Poetry Month. "Magic in the Backyard" was one poetry collection I could not put down until I had finished it. (Normally I skip back and forth) Kellie Elmore had me completely caught up with life in Tennessee! The poems are fantastic, and the prose you will fall into, waking on a veranda on a summer afternoon with the smell of the fields and a glass of sweet tea. She pulls you in, and she does not let you go. It's a wonderful coll...more
Feb 22, 2013
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Who says you can't go home again? Kellie Elmore takes one home. For anyone who's lived in the country or small town, she delivers you back there. . .if just for a little while. and for those who've never known the slowed down pace and laid back style? know it through Kellie's eyes. but don't think she's all pretty posies and fields of green. She explores human relations through family and that innocent first kiss to lasting love of mature relationships. watch for this, my favorite line, "my pen...more
Jun 29, 2012
Amanda Chalifoux
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Recommends it for:
everyone who loves poems.
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This was a free book that I got sent to me right from the Author Kellie Elmore
This is a beautiful book of poem really about Tennessee. I started reading your Poems Kellie and I couldn't put them down, didn't take me long to read them. But My favorites have to be "how my heart behaves" and "pretty words would be untrue" those two poem def. remind me of my feeling for my husband. It was a long road to get my feeling across to him and those poem really put into words how I feel. Thank you for givin...more
This is a beautiful book of poem really about Tennessee. I started reading your Poems Kellie and I couldn't put them down, didn't take me long to read them. But My favorites have to be "how my heart behaves" and "pretty words would be untrue" those two poem def. remind me of my feeling for my husband. It was a long road to get my feeling across to him and those poem really put into words how I feel. Thank you for givin...more
Jun 19, 2012
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Kellie Elmore takes the reader on an enchanted journey through verse. There is truly magic in this book. Whenever I feel down I take Kellie's book and let its poetry lift my mood. If you are seeking some magic, spend a few moment's in her backyard.
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Born in the city of Columbus, Ohio and relocated to a rural town in East Tennessee at an early age, Kellie Elmore is a self proclaimed Southerner at heart, and a writer who believes self-expression is most beautiful in its pure, raw and unedited form. She transforms the simplest words into something you can feel, often immersing her readers in a sense of nostalgia. Kellie finds inspiration in natu...more
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“Oh, those warm days of stumbling words; blinded eyes, embracing in sweet slow dances and sipping courage from a bottle for sneaking kisses.”
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