How Long to Read With Open Arms

How Long Does it Take to Read With Open Arms?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 15 minutes to read With Open Arms by Joan Gregerson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Grab a cup of tea, and get ready for a soothing healing jaunt! This little book of poetry is bursting with inspiration for Big Love and humorous compassion for Real Life. The 66-page collection is designed to delight you and inspire you with poems about love, happiness, change, recovery and letting go. The poems are spiced with insights and imagery from Joan's travels in Ghana, South Korea and beyond. The book also includes an engaging 15-page commentary section with insights about the poems by the poet, The 39 poems grab your heart with the Big Love of "One Love", "Perfect Love", "Nowhere to Go", and "Open Arms". Many poems are about the challenges we face in real life, how to accept them and recover and thrive. Joan's father is a gentle force in poems throughout the book, including "Dark Alleys Don't Scare Me" and "Thank you, Goodbye". Laugh and cry. Come for the ride. Tearjerkers and silliness mingle in this accessible, enjoyable poetry collection. "Poetry is a magical, yet effective, way to understand ourselves. shed some tears, then laugh at ourselves, and, finally, free ourselves! I am a humble servant of some I-don't-know-what Healing Power which begs and nags me to write poetry. And I happily submit! I hope these poems brighten your day or free you in some way! I offer my poems and all my love, with open arms! - Joan Gregerson, author of "Tuning in to Inner Peace: The Surprisingly Fun Way to Transform Your Life" TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 1 PART I: POEMS 2 Pretending 3 Dark Alleys Don't Scare Me 4 I Can't Make You Happy 5 Mama Africa 6 One Love 8 New Day 9 Gaksan 10 Imperfectly Forever 12 Crazy Driver 13 Friendship 14 Blessing Kiss 15 Jump 16 Eodi Ga? 18 Confused 20 Essential Tools 21 Play it Cool 22 Fragile 23 The Gap 24 Perfect Love 25 I Crack Myself Up 26 Deep Healing 27 Mind Reading 28 I Stand Before You 29 I Stand Before You and Shiver 30 I Ain't No Jesus 32 With Open Arms 33 Lost or Found 34 Poetry Waits for You 35 Start from Scratch 36 Channeling Dad 38 Lazy Busy 40 Brother, Can You Spare Some Time? 41 Upstanding Citizen 42 Three Steaming Tidbits 44 Quitting 46 Nowhere to Go 47 Thank You, Goodbye 48 PART II: ABOUT THE POEMS 49 PART III: TRANSLATION GLOSSARY 65 A Note from Joan 66 Acknowledgments 67

How long is With Open Arms?

With Open Arms by Joan Gregerson is 74 pages long, and a total of 18,796 words.

This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read With Open Arms Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 42 minutes to read With Open Arms aloud.

What Reading Level is With Open Arms?

With Open Arms is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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