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Cinderella's Secret and other Classical Poems by Brian Edward Hurst

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BACK TO BASICS! The $3 that I spent buying Cinderella's Secret and other Classical Poems by Brian Edward Hurst proved to be the best spent dollars ever!
It was fun to read the humorous period piece, but surprisingly contemporary poem, Cinderella's Secret, which could be described as a novel in verse. However, what followed was even better. I was deeply touched by Brian Hurst's collection of Classical Poems. I started reading them at a time when my head was exploding from financial, health and personal problems, and I was not sure that I would be able to concentrate on poetry. I was mistaken: the poems really soothed my worry and irritation. These poems are truly classical, beautiful, and have an enormous healing effect. While reading them I asked myself why was I always in such a hurry, running, worrying, in a non-stop effort to reshape my life, like trying to compete with God? I continued reading and when I had finished, I realized there was sun, heaven, life, death and eternity, and we are all part of this continually evolving cosmos. If we could only allow our awareness to listen to the distant sounds of a briefing universe, perhaps it would heal and cleanse our souls. Such is the power of poetry. And we are made to believe that we have no time for it! How stupid of us! Maybe, it is time to return to basics, and see poetry as one of God's healing tools.

Brian Edward Hurst has written a most unusual retelling of the Cinderella story, and he did it as a poem. Hurst says that he channeled the story, but however it came about, it's just brilliant. This new version of Cinderella, (her name is Ella) is so clever and makes so much sense. It really stretches the mind. Like the Wicked books, Hurst opens up the story giving it depth and realism making the characters come to life. I hope he keeps writing-channeling-whatever it takes to spin more classics into literary gold.
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