Bringing a Fir Straight Down.Bringing a Fir Straight Down Hugh Ogden Higganum Hill Books PO Box 666, Higganum, CT 06441 c/o Independent Publishers Group (dist.) 0974115835 $12.95 www.ipgbook.com Bringing a Fir Straight Down is an anthology of free-verse poetry. Opening with verses that respond to the September 11th attacks and the war in Iraq, Bringing a Fir Straight Down progresses to an understanding of the forests, the natural world, and how human respect for the wild lands can bring a transformation of dignity and spiritual renewal to sustain dignity when confronted with terror and chaos. A moving and emotionally profound testimony that extols the greatness of the world beyond the self and the realm of man-made things. "For Barbara, On The Death Of Her Horse": Earth, we gave you footpaths and walked / beside / the mountain. We bridled our dreams // and they fell; the ground lay / heavy / with bones. Then Barbara came // and the morning. She placed a wild / iris / on the ear of Ginger who had returned // to you, the magpies magpie, common name for certain birds of the family Corvidae (crows and jays). The black-billed magpie, Pica pica, of W North America has iridescent black plumage, white wing patches and abdomen, and a long wedge-shaped tail. It is altogether about 20 in. (50 cm) long. Magpies build large, domed nests in trees. Nest-building is part of courtship. The female alone incubates the eggs. cackling, / not yet / plunging for her eyes. She knelt // and put a hand on her white forehead / and you / cradled her when she heard hoofbeats. |
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