Bend of Quiet

Kenneth Pobo

ISBN 10: 1421837412 / ISBN 13: 9781421837413

Verlag: Blue Light Press, 2015

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Kenneth Pobo has five books and twenty chapbooks published. His work has appeared in: Hawaii Review, Antigonish Review, Nimrod, Mudfish, Indiana Review, Weber: The Contemporary West, and elsewhere. He began writing poetry in 1970. He teaches creative writing and English at Widener University in Pennsylvania.~~~~Pobo's poems are a provocative and thoughtful distillation of the questions of survival-the survival not only of humans, but especially of animals, large and small, and of his beloved plants. His elegant, readable poetry is also ethical and ironic, playful and serious. He keeps his focus on the urgent pulse of what really matters. ~Nuala Archer, author of Inch Aeons andFrom A Mobile Home ~Every culture has its seers and visionaries, its 'sensitives' who see and hear more than the rest of us. In American poetry, one such writer is Kenneth Pobo, whose lyrics reveal the inner lives if fauna and flora, of suburban yards and city zoos. Who speaks for the Mirandy roses, for the asters, toad lilies and mums Our poet Kenneth Pobo croons open those delicate doors. Who sings for scorpions and endangered worker bees, for threatened polar bears and harp seals The man with the harp is our bard, Kenneth Pobo. His lines are knife-sharp, but they do no harm. On the contrary, these are healing songs in the tradition of tribal shamans and medicine men. They are love songs, clearly articulated in the American Idiom. They wake us, remind us to care for the spirits embodied within us and all around us, to live in earth's mystery without destroying it further. ~Marilyn Kallet, author of The Love That Moves Me andPacking Light: New And Selected Poems ~Close observation imbues these striking poems that illuminate both the natural world and the perceiving eye. Concern for the environment: 'The Earth gets terrible wounds/Our nightmare hands can strangle anything.' Countered with the dream garden where there is 'a hotel full of songbirds/singing all day, all night.' Images that root deeply, truly and unforgettably. ~Joan Colby, author of Dead Horses and The Wingback Chai.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781421837413

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Bend of Quiet
• Verlag: Blue Light Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1421837412
• ISBN-13: 9781421837413
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 229B x 152 H x 4 T Millimeter Breite: 229 mm, Höhe: 152 mm, Tiefe: 4 mm
• Gewicht: 120 Gramm

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Kenneth Pobo has five books and twenty chapbooks published. His work has appeared in: Hawaii Review, Antigonish Review, Nimrod, Mudfish, Indiana Review, Weber: The Contemporary West, and elsewhere. He began writing poetry in 1970. He teaches creative writing and English at Widener University in Pennsylvania. ~~~~ Pobo's poems are a provocative and thoughtful distillation of the questions of survival-the survival not only of humans, but especially of animals, large and small, and of his beloved plants. His elegant, readable poetry is also ethical and ironic, playful and serious. He keeps his focus on the urgent pulse of what really matters. ~ -Nuala Archer, author of Inch Aeons and From A Mobile Home ~ Every culture has its seers and visionaries, its "sensitives" who see and hear more than the rest of us. In American poetry, one such writer is Kenneth Pobo, whose lyrics reveal the inner lives if fauna and flora, of suburban yards and city zoos. Who speaks for the Mirandy roses, for the asters, toad lilies and mums? Our poet Kenneth Pobo croons open those delicate doors. Who sings for scorpions and endangered worker bees, for threatened polar bears and harp seals? The man with the harp is our bard, Kenneth Pobo. His lines are knife-sharp, but they do no harm. On the contrary, these are healing songs in the tradition of tribal shamans and medicine men. They are love songs, clearly articulated in the American Idiom. They wake us, remind us to care for the spirits embodied within us and all around us, to live in earth's mystery without destroying it further. ~ -Marilyn Kallet, author of The Love That Moves Me and Packing Light: New And Selected Poems ~ Close observation imbues these striking poems that illuminate both the natural world and the perceiving eye. Concern for the environment: "The Earth gets terrible wounds/Our nightmare hands can strangle anything." Countered with the dream garden where there is "a hotel full of songbirds/singing all day, all night." Images that root deeply, truly and unforgettably. ~ -Joan Colby, author of Dead Horses and The Wingback Chai

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenneth Pobo (he/him) grew up in Illinois and now lives in Pennsylvania with his husband and cat. His midwestern roots continue to influence his writing. He began writing at fifteen. For thirty-three years, he taught English and creative writing at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. In 2020, he retired from teaching-but not from writing. Many of his poems are character studies, and many include imagery from the garden. He also enjoys writing ekphrastic poems which explore his connection with other forms of art, often painting or music. He is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), Sore Points (Finishing Line Press), Lilac and Sawdust (Meadowlark Press), Lavender Fire, Lavender Rose (BrickHouse Books), and Gold Bracelet in a Cave: Aunt Stokesia (Ethel Press). Forthcoming from Wolfson Press is a collection of poems called Raylene and Skip. His work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Review, Asheville Poetry Review, Nimrod, Indiana Review, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, Southern Indiana Review, and elsewhere.