Barbara Holmes Books

Navigating seasons of uncertainty and stress, this book offers a pathway to peace through devotions that blend scripture, poetry, and art. It draws on biblical testimonies to address the harsh realities of life's challenges and provides practical tips for fostering a worshipful mindset. Readers will discover tools for nurturing their spiritual journey, viewing their experiences as sacred opportunities for growth in their identity in Christ. The author, Barbara S. Holmes, shares her personal journey and aims to inspire spiritual maturity and deeper connections with God's love.

This comprehensive study of the ideas of music in Wallace Stevens' poetry «rereads» Stevens as a poet whose compositional strategies assimilate musical forms and performative programs. The «decomposer» is the poet of qualification, who constantly explores the validity of «developing variation» as the best means for creating art not limited by system or medium. As both subject and strategy for poetry, music becomes Stevens' most frequently used figure connecting his art to the rhythms of modern life. Thus, to disregard Stevens' ideas of music is to misread the text.