An Imperfect Lover--poems and watercolors.An Imperfect Lover--poems and watercolors Georgianna Orsini Introduction by Robert Phillips and Essay by Molly Peacock Molly Peacock (born 1947) is an American poet of the "New Formalist" school as well as a nonfiction writer. She was born in Buffalo, New York and presently lives in Toronto, Canada. CavanKerry Press 6 Horizon Rd.--No. 2901, Fort Lee. NJ 07024 www.cavankerrypress.com; cavankerry@optonline.net ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0970718675 $14.00 53+xv pp, with 16 pages of watercolors Though the poet is always open to them and sometimes searching for them, the restorative re·stor·a·tive adj. 1. Of or relating to restoration. 2. Tending or having the power to restore. n. A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness. memories and small delights of the world come at unexpected times, unexpected places, and in unexpected ways. The poems are about the liberty, and in many ways arbitrariness, of grace--a grace that does not perfect an imperfect world, but which makes it something other than an always disappointing and often seemingly antagonistic one. At the end of "Teaching a Female to Sing," a bird that "did not respond with a willing peep," prompts the young girl of the poem to call to her father, "She sings, she sings...." In the very next poem, "Train Whistle The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. ," a plaintive plain·tive adj. Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy. [Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint. train whistle returns the poet to "a home/where I didn't know I was safe." Following the poems is a 5-page essay about Orsani as an "outsider artist"; and after this, 16 pages in color of her bright, whimsical watercolors. |
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