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“Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ‘To be yourself in a world that is
Oasis
constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment.’ That is what Oasis in the Sky is about. Michaud L.
Lamrouex has written a courageous and raw story of overcoming huge in the
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obstacles—to find himself. Using both prose and poetry he gives us
insightful views into loss, triumph, and redemption. Refusing to give
in, refusing to accept ostracism, Michaud details out his journey of Oasis
growth. As he says in his poem, ‘The Storm Within’: ‘Very few have
empathy,/but some have sympathy.’ You will be sympathetic. And in
you will rejoice with him as he finds wisdom and strength.” the
Alan Birkelbach,
Poet Laureate of Texas 2005 Sky

“In this moving collection, Michaud Lamrouex describes his boyhood •
exploring both the ‘disconsolate desert’ and the rugged peaks of the
Huachuca Mountains in southeastern Arizona before he returned to the
region of his birth, the flatlands of West Texas. But just as he observes Michaud
that ‘life reflects the physical world,’ the landscapes here also serve to
suggest the painful journey Lamrouex leads us through with honesty
and courage—a journey from the chasms of physical injury and the L.
abyss of depression through to the still waters of a faith that has not lost
its sense of humor.”
Dr. Wendy Barker Lamrouex

ISBN 978-1-893054-16-5
Poems and Stories by

Michaud L. Lamrouex
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Visit Michaud L. Lamrouex’s
Website at www.lamrouex.net.

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