The powerful, moving, heart-felt poetry in PARADOX spans five decades and the life-changing experiences of author Aurora Leighton-Holmes. This collection of poems suggests the profound truth that emotions simply are what they are and, when allowed to be expressed, will have a profound effect on your life. Leighton-Holmes' poems explore the range and depth of human emotion, as well as imparting a sense of what it means to be human.

Aurora owns Sacred Earth Native Arts, a Native American on-line art gallery, and has maintained an interest in Earth and nature-based philosophies and holistic healing modalities throughout her lifetime. She enjoys photography, art, gardening, nature, the ocean, horses, and her Native American art collection.

Praise for PARADOX: Poems from Life

"Paradox is a gorgeous collection of sometimes hauntingly beautiful poems covering the spectrum of feelings a human being can go through in the time frame of almost 40 years. Aurora Leighton-Holmes's shamanic world view allows her to go deep into pain, desperation and hopelessness while never loosing her sense of self and her courage to move on. At the same time she experiences love and joy with the full depth of passion available to all of us if we are brave enough. I loved every word and found Paradox truly encouraging and enlightening, a rare gift in modern poetry."

--Monika Haas, Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy and Original Swiss Aromatics