And When the Sun Drops

Post, Connie

/ ISBN 13: 9798888380567

Verlag: Finishing Line Press, 2022

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9798888380567_new

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Anyone familiar with autism knows that it consists of a devastating spectrum of developmental disorders that affect a child's ability to learn, communicate and socialize. Connie Post's And When the Sun Drops relates the tale of one mother's experience of her son's autism. In "By the Window," the speaker addresses her son about "...the dawning of other worlds / of prisms that would take you from us / that would take language from you". Post's poems are focused, direct and unyielding. Her language expresses strong sentiment, but never descends into sentimentality, allowing the reader to feel authentic emotions. I shed more than a few tears over these beautifully wrought, honest poems. This collection is for anyone who desires to, as Post puts it, "...make an origami out of / any shape of loss / and make it somehow / feel like gratitude".

-Lana Hechtman Ayers, author of A New Red, Publisher of Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Series

In compellingly candid and essential language evoking emotion or exhibiting experience, Connie Post's poetry supplies necessary words describing the relationship with her autistic and speechless son, engaging readers who accompany them on their journey down "the long curve of silence."

-Edward Byrne, Editor, Valparaiso Poetry Review

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Connie Post served as the first Poet Laureate of Livermore, California. She is the author of nine books of poetry. Her poetry awards include the Crab Creek Poetry Award, the Liakoura award and the Caesura award. Her first full-length collection (Glass Lyre Press) won the Lyrebird award and her second full-length collection, Prime Meridian (Glass Lyre Press) was named a distinguished favorite in the Independent Book Awards. Her poems have appeared in Calyx, 2 River, Cold Mountain Review, The American Journal of poetry, River Styx, Slipstream, Verse Daily and many others.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: And When the Sun Drops
Verlag: Finishing Line Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New
Auflage: 2. Auflage