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All four of my grandparents, Fannie, George, Louie, and Maxine, were immigrants who left Greece for America a century ago to start a new life in a new land. Their DNA helped determine my biology and chemistry, even as their stories helped shape my heart and soul. Some of them, and their close relatives, survived World War I and the Russian Revolution, worked on the Panama Canal and built chapels, were scarred by World War II and the Greek Civil War, and fought to retrieve the body of a loved one from a foreign land. But most of them lived ordinary lives with extraordinary courage and perseverance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book retells the struggles and joys, false starts and happy endings of these four modern Greek heroes, placing each in a literary frame that weaves their stories together with those of such legendary heroes as Jason, Odysseus, and Antigone. Join me as we travel to an exotic, yet strangely familiar place where the tales and passions of simple immigrants meet and fuse with the tales, the history, and the culture of ancient Greece.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Bio: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLOUIS MARKOS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (PhD, University of Michigan), Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Christian University, holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities. 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Representing a lifetime of experiences and reflections Porter Halyburton has assembled more than one hundred of his writings composed throughout the seasons of his life. Included are early poems written while still a student, poems written while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, poems of family and friendship and poems of love and loss. Also included are poems of nature, animals, and the sea. Finally, there are poems of memory and of philosophical musings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis poetry represents things and experiences that are common and uncommon. In each poem there are thoughts collected over many years and presented with clarity and simplicity. Readers will find reflections and words that provide wisdom and lift the spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing upon a lifetime of experiences—some common and others, very uncommon—Porter Halyburton presents poems and lyrics that reflect those experiences. Some, such as his poems and lyrics regarding his many years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, were composed during the ordeal. There are poems of people and nature, relationships and remembrances, time, and existential thoughts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether the poems are written in haiku form or in the shape of a tree or other poetic forms, there is displayed a deep sense of self, others, and all that is in the world. 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Readers will find reflections and words that provide wisdom and lift the spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing upon a lifetime of experiences—some common and others, very uncommon—Porter Halyburton presents poems and lyrics that reflect those experiences. Some, such as his poems and lyrics regarding his many years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, were composed during the ordeal. There are poems of people and nature, relationships and remembrances, time, and existential thoughts. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Text\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether the poems are written in haiku form or in the shape of a tree or other poetic forms, there is displayed a deep sense of self, others, and all that is in the world. 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