http://www.amazon.com/Persephone-Hell... C.F. Joyce is a novelist and poet. Persephone in Hell is her debut novel. She's currently working on The Mind of Moses, another work of literary fiction. She also writes a lot of poetry which will someday be published if all goes well. Here is a sample: I Find the World a Wonder I find the world a wonder A place of suspect substance No weighty exchanges Only smiles Wheezing, joking, tickling Aching sides, laughing Cameras clicking Documenting joy Eyes shining in disbelief Craving to stand together To be To live And touches of happy caresses Such touches Clarity Euphoria Transcendent bliss Most wondrous of all, authentic talk A marvel, unheard of In this modern age Of strategies Meant to disarm and conquer None of that Sorrow and melancholy revealed Mellowed, rounded Accepted With unselfish consideration With humanity With tender kindness None of the horrors of the times Only a return To the garden To desire To ecstasy These surreal moments Of myth-like legend and confident faith Can’t be real I must be dreaming Or wishing Desperate for the click click Of the clock to mean anything Beyond the misery Wanting this world to exist Searching for wonder Poet’s fancy