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Is it possible to see the miracles of life happening right before our eyes? The Marsh in May brings the reader into an unforgettable journey of soaring poetry on nature and the joys and mysteries of life, accompanied by twenty-nine full-color, luminous paintings by Cultural Ambassador and world-acclaimed solo performer, Ronald Rand in a stunning debut volume. Within these pages, you'll discover myriads of worlds within words - a harmonious dance between each poem and painting with some written as shape poems; others as odes to Thomas Wolfe, Edwin Booth, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and to the poet's mother; and transforming experiences around the world to fantastical places including Kathmandu, Mostar, Olympia, and Fez. Float along the Tennessee River, travel back in time to when art appeared in caves thousands of years ago, experience when Helen Keller first recognized water, and sit in a field with a chimney alone. Take a moment to rest easy within and soar inside Ronald Rand's heartfelt paintings and poetry. For everyone who loves poetry, nature, and the gift of life, you'll be transformed by the miracles revealed in The Marsh in May. The first book of Lucky Shoe Press with an introduction by author/publisher, Lawrence Knorr, Ph.D. Features 29 full-color acrylic paintings by Ronald Rand, and a painting each by playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie, portrait artist Martha Carpenter, and Maribee.

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""The Marsh in May and 30 Poems with 29 Paintings by Ronald Rand is a deeply immersive, poetic exploration that captures our daily collective witness and powerful pauses ""as the gong of life dances in the breeze."" Ronald Rand delivers an image-rich, quiet explosion of vibrant art and poems that become universal offerings of solitude, wisdom, healing, joy, and radical empathy.""--Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate

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Sort by Author - Ronald RandRonald Rand is a US Cultural Ambassador and award-winning Solo Performing Artist performing for 25 years in his award-winning performance as Harold Clurman in his solo play, ""LET IT BE ART!"" in 30 countries, twenty-one states, at more than a hundred theaters, universities, colleges and international festivals, five tours across India, and in three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions. Ronald's poetry has been published in different poetry collections and his plays are performed around the world. While at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he studied at the Arts Student League in New York City with John Groth and several other teachers. His artwork has been exhibited in New York City, and across the country in museums, libraries and special exhibitions. The State Department and Fulbright Program awarded Ronald Rand four Fulbright Awards as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar/Visiting Guest Professor in Malaysia, Uruguay, Greece, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. He is the Founder & Publisher of ""The Soul of the American Actor,"" and the author of Solo Transformation on Stage, Acting Teachers of America, CREATE!, and The Marsh in May and 30 Poems with 29 paintings by Ronald Rand. Ronald Rand is the Librettist of IBSEN, the first opera written about Henrik Ibsen, and the screenwriter of GROUP PARADISE, the first film about the famed Group Theatre of the 1930s. He has appeared in several Off-Broadway plays and regional productions, and in over a hundred films and TV shows including opposite Sean Connery and Dustin Hoffman in Family Business, Angelica Huston in When in Rome, Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky, Yoko Ono in Homeless, Christopher Plummer in O'Keefe & Stieglitz, and Ralph Fiennes and Paul Scofield in Quiz Show directed by Robert Redford. An internationally acclaimed Stage Director, Master Acting Teacher, he has been a Visiting Guest Professor at more than fifty universities, colleges, and acting schools on five continents. LetItBeArt.com - SoulAmericanActor.com - IBSENopera.com - CreatetheBook.com

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