Inspirational poetry for the dreamer and feeler, Present Peace, is a spiritual journey of a woman, who awakens to find her voice, her art, and her ordinary life extraordinary; click here for a preview.

…Circle back
if you must, my friend.
Go, feet.
Move, heart.
Leap into the unknown.
Just
let
go.

Cynthia Schaefer's debut poetry
collection explores deep emotions
common to the human experience
like anger, fear, grief, joy, and love.
Written through the eyes of a trauma
survivor, Present Peace offers a deep 
breath, a quiet moment, and an
emotional and spiritual release ​that
​both validates and comforts its readers.

reviewers have said...

"Present Peace: A Poetry Collection, by Cynthia Schaefer, is the emotional journey of a woman stepping forth into her creative dreams. The author’s debut, it speaks of both grief and joy, beauty and breaking in the path to become fully present and wholly oneself." (reader review) 

"Present Peace is a collection of beautiful poems that show the author’s path to finding inner peace through her relationship with nature, life, and grief." (reader review)

"The poetry is direct, unpretentious, filled with effective metaphor and simile, and is couched in the language of authentically felt and expressed personal emotions." (reader review)

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