""Lit Angels"" (Literature Angels Angels of Light) is a collection of poetry inspired by literature and the arts. Written in English, the volume includes several translations into German, Arabic, French and Italian. The poet, Margaret Saine, writes about her work: Lit, past participle of to light , and Lit, abbreviation for literature? Lit used by people who love it so much they breathlessly shorten it to one syllable? Light and Literature, the mainstays of human lives, wherever we are, whenever we are so privileged. Literature and Light are best friends. The volume is illustrated with Saine's photographs. Margaret Saine lives in Los Angeles. After receiving a doctorate in French from Yale, she taught Spanish at universities in California and Arizona. She writes poetry, haiku, and short stories in five languages and also translates other poets. Among her books are ""Bodyscapes,"" ""Words of Art,"" and five haiku chapbooks.

A Book of Travel is poetry in the cast of the moon inside the broken dance of love that flowers into the New Age Renaissance Republique of Poetry by Margaret Saine and Subterranean Blue Poetry. The title of the book "A Book of Travel" was inspired by Evliya Celebi a 17th Century Turkish philosopher's work of the same name. In this work he writes on his travels through Europe and makes observations of the different languages, it is an ideation on the Ottoman Empire by a Muslim. She also writes that the poetry is inspired by landscape. Saine's work is infused with quotes from famous writers and contains translations in French, Italian, German and Macedonian. This poetry is enigmatic, sometimes a subtle humour, a subtle dislocation within the broken architecture of the old cityscape economy. As if traveling by train, watching out the windows, someone who lives in foreign lands, a place of mystery, a place of the past, the haunts of an old love. A Poet for Peace, there is an activist theme to the writing, "The Story of Jorge Peña Hen" is about the famous musician who was executed by the Pinochet dictatorship. Through the broken dance, the light shines in, it is as if she is writing Emily Dickenson out of the box. A great read for the long winter nights, A Book of Travel by Margaret Saine.

"Gardens of the Earth: According to Nature" by Margaret Saine is a poetic exploration of nature tamed and shaped by humans, nature that in turn shapes the gardeners and gives them a purpose, a cause for action, and a reason for reflection. Saine's inspired trip to the garden includes the seasons, rain and sunlight, multi-colored blossoms, and lots of birds. She shares her delight in gardens and gardening with a host of contemporary poets and friends and the renowned gardeners of the past. The book includes a separate section on trees, and is richly illustrated by Saine's own photographs, with the characteristic interplay of light and shadow, clouds and mists. Certain poems are translated into French, German, and Italian.

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