A collection of original poetry and photography by Beth Bitterman, organized into six thematic parts. The work explores stillness, nature, memory, healing, and spiritual connection through paired poems and photographs. Part I opens with winter scenes and quiet forest paths. Part II reflects on happiness, old barns, gardens, and objects reclaimed by the woods. Part III moves between past and…
Light Heals, Love Remembers is a poetry and photography collection by Beth Bitterman. The book pairs original poems with photographs, all created by the author. It is organized into six thematic parts that move from stillness and observation through memory, healing, and spiritual reflection.
Part I, The World in Stillness, opens with winter scenes, quiet forest paths, and hidden life. Poems such as The Darkest Days of Winter and Whispering Path of the Forest set a tone of quiet observation. Part II, What the World Holds Quietly, includes poems about happiness, a red barn in winter, a garden, an old house, and objects reclaimed by the woods.
Part III, Between What Was and What Will Become, covers migration, uprootedness, two paths, still waters, and broken things. Poems like The Great Migration and Softened by the Sea appear here. Part IV, The Light We Seek, turns toward light, love, gratitude, and seasonal change, with poems including Light in the Dark, Summer Pond, and Gratitude.
Part V, The Earth Remembers, focuses on nature's messengers, a hawk's domain, fairy flowers, and patterns of life. Part VI, Nature Carries Whispers, closes the collection with guardian angels, karmic boomerang, and astral themes. The book is a first edition self-published in the United States, with cover and interior design by the author.