Distant Music
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692316094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 46 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Great Poetry!" according to Giovanna S. Capone. If you're a poetry lover, these poems are exquisite. I have admired Annsfire's writing for a while now. You'll love her carefulness with language. This book was recently published by Headmistress Press. It puts a focus on aspects of our lives that are neither easy nor comfortable to contemplate. But she does so with an unrelenting ferocity and a clarity of language that leaves you stunned.Each poem is spare, yet full bodied. The poet addresses topics such as a passionate love connection that doesn’t quite happen; driving west and reveling in her first glimpse of the. "Unique, Moving and Insightful Poems" according to Amazon Customer. The distant music in this graceful first chapbook of short and long poems captures Annsfire’s coming of age as a lesbian in middle America during the cultural upheavals of the 1970s and her liberating life experiences in the San Francisco Bay area of this new century. She narrates her truths with a controlled honesty that never ceases to pull the reader into a space of shared intimacy. From the first poem, you experience the feeling that you’ve known her all your life. There are no pat resolutions to what she reveals as she honors the mystery. This is the gift. "Intense yet with a light touch" according to Theia111. This deeply personal and moving small volume of poems merges complexity with a light touch, not a small feat for a poet as I know well. In Covering Ground the author reminisces on a speedy tour of Europe with a lover ending in a phrase that I think is characteristic of her mind and work: "I continued to scour the earth/searching to regain the elusive prize/we claimed so casually in our wanderings,/the intense, immeasurable hunger/ that was somehow lost/in transit."
They sing of geography’s immutability; memory’s flexibility and betrayals of the body; but ultimately these poems sing of survival. And beginning again. —G.L. Enszer, author of Sisterhood, editor/publisher of Sinister Wisdom. —Julie R. A travelogue navigating the white-waters of time through the sharp hazards of health and family and love. A long-awaited collection from the widely published, Berkeley poet, Distant Music is filled with poems to savor and enjoy. While they lay flowers at the side of the road for peoples and things that didn’t survive the journey, these are poems of passionate endurance. Distant Music is a compelling and moving collection of poems that draws us forward from beginning to end. These are companionable poems (though sometime reckless companions) that invite you to swim naked or leap from bridges. Morrison, author of Chiaroscuro KissesDistant Music is