Bøger af Mick Scott

Through the pandemic, political turmoil, and economic and spiritual strife, Mick Scott, editorial page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, worked to keep hope alive among the regular readers of his opinion column. Appealing to their natural kindness as well as intellect, reason, and conscience, he encouraged them to resist fear and cruelty, reject despair, respond to challenges with compassion, and to take refuge in the knowledge that better days were ahead. Whether traveling North Carolina to find hidden cultural gems or sitting in nature with his beloved wild companions, he inspired readers not to endure, but to thrive. The ideas Mick shared in these short (sometimes humorous) essays are as reliable and meaningful today as they were when written. Sit back and rest. Share a conversation with friends. We still have a ways to go, but together, we will get there.

First off I would give honor to God for the gift of writing poetry. This book was put together with poems that I have written beginning about 6 years ago, and I still have more poems to share. The first poem I had ever written is called Stray Away, because I was upset with someone I was involved with and the rest like she; is history! Well, I had a couple of friends' critique it and I got rave reviews; not to mention that I had also sent the poems to her friends by email who in turn said I was wrong for the things I said, but they loved it, so I began writing more poems and using my feelings or using the feelings of friends' who were down and out. I wrote poems to feel their pain, love, and excitement. My title of the book called, The Sunshine from Behind the Mountain is definitely what it is. There are many burdens that people go through with during their life, which represent the mountain, but to know that you have an exit such as writing poetry, playing basketball, skinny dipping, or turning donuts in a parking lot, whatever it is that you do to make you happy is your sunshine. I hope you feel my poetry, and that it may bring sunshine to your life!