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OVER THE YEARS
Introduction............................................................................................. ... 13 Preface....................................................................................................... 15 Acknowledgements...................................................................................... 19 Poems Legacy............................................................................................ 25 I Am............................................................................................... 27 Fading Graces.................................................................................. 28 Spring............................................................................................. 30 At This Moment Now........................................................................ 31 On Friendship.................................................................................. 32 When.............................................................................................. 33 Secrets........................................................................................... 34 Reflections....................................................................................... 35 Wordsmith Be Wise.......................................................................... 36 On Awareness................................................................................. 39 In My Yard Today............................................................................. 40 To Know the Wind............................................................................ 42 Art for Life’s Sake............................................................................. 43 Happy Birthday Pandy*..................................................................... 44 Love Asleep..................................................................................... 46 Black Swans.................................................................................... 47 Heroes............................................................................................ 48 A Vermont Valentine......................................................................... 49 White Dove...................................................................................... 50 Ecphrasis Definition................................................................................. 53 Reaching*............................................................................... 55 Andromeda Unchained*............................................................ 56 Icara*..................................................................................... 58
Lyrics & Songs Lyrics and music by Alexandra York The World’s a Sweet Balloon............................................................. 63 Can You Come Out and Play?............................................................. 67 Butterfly.......................................................................................... 71 Reveries.......................................................................................... 75 From the play “Melody”: Lyrics by Alexandra York, music by John Massaro Melody Sing in Me............................................................................ 81 Snow and Ice................................................................................... 85 This is My Man................................................................................. 89 Cereal Music.................................................................................... 93 Let’s Play Love................................................................................. 97 Love Is.......................................................................................... 101 The Wonder of Your Smile.............................................................. 103 You ............................................................................................ 107 Sing to Me of Songs........................................................................ 111
Prose Short Fiction The Myth of Promethena and Americus............................................. 119 The Encounter................................................................................ 121 THE WINDFLOWER......................................................................... 125 Articles & Essays The Best within Us.......................................................................... 135 A Time for Heroes*........................................................................ 139 Daniel Chester French: Public Monuments & Private Passions*.................................................... 143 Dedication of Hart & Hand*............................................................. 151 “Looking” at Representational Art*................................................... 155 Romanticism vs. Romance............................................................... 159 An Unexpected Art Experience in Bali*.............................................. 165 Getting Through the Hoop-la over “The Gates”................................... 169 A Day of Pride................................................................................ 177 Guide to Glasnost’s Best.................................................................. 181 The Automobile in Art*................................................................... 187 Book Excerpts, Nonfiction BACK TO BASICS NATURAL BEAUTY HANDBOOK Cleopatra to You, Chapter Eleven.................................................. 195 LOSE 10 YEARS IN 10 DAYS Putting Away our Plastic Idols, Chapter One................................... 205 Becoming Young Now, from Chapter Nine...................................... 209 About Blue Jeans, excerpted from Chapter Six, “The Magic Wardrobe Scrapbook”.............................................. 217 FROM THE FOUNTAINHEAD TO THE FUTURE and Other Essays on Art and Excellence The Legacy Lives: Embracing the Year Three Thousand in Philosophy and Art................................................................... 219 Romantic Realism: Visions of Values................................................ 233 Sharing the Miracle......................................................................... 241 Book Excerpts, Fiction ADAMAS Chapters One & Two.................................................................... 251 THE INNOCENT Chapters One & Two.................................................................... 259 CROSSPOINTS A Novel of Choice Synopsis..................................................................................... 267 Chapter One................................................................................ 268 Excerpts from Chapters Four & Twenty-three.................................. 273 Looking Ahead: MORNING STAR Opening Poem.............................................................................. 279 Prologue..................................................................................... 280 Chapter One................................................................................ 281 Appendix: Chronological Table of Contents of Selected Works............................ 287
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