{"product_id":"rough-cut-elegies-paperback","title":"Rough-Cut Elegies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Ryberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSharon Feltman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Gray said, \"Poetry is thoughts that breathe and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewords that burn.\" Others may say that poets are Dreamers \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Drifters living among their imaginings that Jitter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Shimmer. Some consider poetry to be the Helium \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof human Creation, allowing us to rise like the voices \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esinging Old Time Music and Sacred Songs in unison. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever brought you to this anthology, we welcome you \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto experience the thoughts expressed in the words of these \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eten Missouri poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been a joy to sample the variety and breadth of talent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erepresented here. Poetry allows each writer a vehicle of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eself-expression, allows the reader a window into the poet's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esensibilities. Whether an expression of joy as in Barbara \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonhard's poem, Early Spring Snow, \"still, the birds will \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esing.....as though they are free\". Or Anand Prahlad's self-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereflection in Mana, \"I am myself the dance of no movement\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esunrise on the desert\", poetry has a way of calling us to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoets ask uncomfortable questions, make statements of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etruth we may wish to ignore as Aurora Athelyn does in \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher poem The Four Seasons on Lana'i - \"CATTLE XING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esign hangs obsolete, reminding the island what happens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto invasive species\". Terry Allen reflects on his brother's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etransition to assisted living in Flying Squirrels Can't Really \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFly, \"His memories thin fragments of torn fabric\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there are the reminiscent ramblings of Ben Kuzemka, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas he lays his thoughts of Madelyn \"who would have killed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKobe to be Kobe\" on the page. And Nancy Jo Allen's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpression of loss in her poem, The Day She Was Born, \"...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe survived, but is now separated from me without a life \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eline\". Walter Bargen, Missouri's first poet laureate proclaims, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"in the house of words, your tongue is a hammer\" in his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoem, Home Crucifixion #1.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRough-Cut Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e, my fellow Missouri poets have \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshared their hearts, their souls and this anthology invites \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou into their worlds. I guarantee you will find a poem \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou love, a poet you want to hear more from and a deep \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eappreciation of the poets of Missouri. Thank you, Jason \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyberg and Spartan Press. It has been an honor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Sharon SingingMoon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751756333344,"sku":"9781958182734","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c91b17e4088b03f291b1ba7374675770.webp?v=1779979413","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rough-cut-elegies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}