The Four Winds by Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner
Review by Anne
What a wonderful opportunity I had to read “The Four Winds” by the amazing talented Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner, who is a Native American poet/writer of Shawnee/Cherokee heritage. I was asked to read this book by the publisher themselves.
The peaceful and tranquil experience of reading this collection of over 200 poems/verses; you are transported through their emotions and their souls about growing up as Native American, you’ll be taken through their mature, ceremonies and rites of passage.
Having had a true love and passion for the Native American heritage, their way of life, cultural strong beliefs for so many years pulled me so strong to read and immerse myself into this extraordinary collection right from the start.
As you read “The Four Winds” you gain a strong understanding of what its like to be Native American; each verse, poem and belief is poured out across the pages for us as the reader.
Travel through their traditional ways of their wondrous world in which they live, as they hold them true to their hearts.
The love of their Great Nation is so over whelming as you read each poem or verse one after another. (and read one after another you will once you delve into this book)
Whether you have a passion for the Native American heritage as I do, or a new found interest to learn their beliefs; to just enjoying a beloved collection of ancestry through the eyes and heart of someone who believes full heartedly that their nation is a Great one… “The Four Winds” will be, and is the book that will lead you from the four corners of their great land to the feelings of the four winds, that hence they came to join together as one. To conquer all that was and is put in front of them as a challenge to win or fulfill for their great American Nation.
Their passion, strength and love shines through as this book flows from ones emotions put together into poems for as an outsider to enjoy and hopefully gain some perspective, as to how peaceful our lives can be if we were only to learn from what is said through this book. So powerful are these words.
Melanie put it imply yet powerfully in this quote:
“My Indian blood stays strong and grows within my soul” I am proud of my Indian Heritage. (Shawnee/Cherokee)
Thanks again Melanie for the joy of this book…
Recommend: All level of readers with a understanding of words
Rating: 4/5 angel stars
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1608080102/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_2
What a wonderful opportunity I had to read “The Four Winds” by the amazing talented Melanie Marie Shifflett Ridner, who is a Native American poet/writer of Shawnee/Cherokee heritage. I was asked to read this book by the publisher themselves.
The peaceful and tranquil experience of reading this collection of over 200 poems/verses; you are transported through their emotions and their souls about growing up as Native American, you’ll be taken through their mature, ceremonies and rites of passage.
Having had a true love and passion for the Native American heritage, their way of life, cultural strong beliefs for so many years pulled me so strong to read and immerse myself into this extraordinary collection right from the start.
As you read “The Four Winds” you gain a strong understanding of what its like to be Native American; each verse, poem and belief is poured out across the pages for us as the reader.
Travel through their traditional ways of their wondrous world in which they live, as they hold them true to their hearts.
The love of their Great Nation is so over whelming as you read each poem or verse one after another. (and read one after another you will once you delve into this book)
Whether you have a passion for the Native American heritage as I do, or a new found interest to learn their beliefs; to just enjoying a beloved collection of ancestry through the eyes and heart of someone who believes full heartedly that their nation is a Great one… “The Four Winds” will be, and is the book that will lead you from the four corners of their great land to the feelings of the four winds, that hence they came to join together as one. To conquer all that was and is put in front of them as a challenge to win or fulfill for their great American Nation.
Their passion, strength and love shines through as this book flows from ones emotions put together into poems for as an outsider to enjoy and hopefully gain some perspective, as to how peaceful our lives can be if we were only to learn from what is said through this book. So powerful are these words.
Melanie put it imply yet powerfully in this quote:
“My Indian blood stays strong and grows within my soul” I am proud of my Indian Heritage. (Shawnee/Cherokee)
Thanks again Melanie for the joy of this book…
Recommend: All level of readers with a understanding of words
Rating: 4/5 angel stars
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1608080102/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_2