Runes.Runes CB Follett & Susan Terris, editors Arctos Press PO Box 401, Sausalito, CA 94966 0972538461 $12.00 www.members.aol.com/runes Edited by CB Follett and Susan Terris, Runes: A Review of Poetry is the 2006 anthology of one hundred carefully chosen poems by an immense diversity of authors, all submitted in a competition open to the general public. Bound by the common theme of "hearth hearth symbol of home life. [Folklore: Jobes, 738] See : Domesticity ", these brief verses touch upon thoughts of family, memories, togetherness, and remembrance. A handful of foreign-language poems are printed both in their original language and in English translation. This latest volume of Runes upholds the high quality standards evidenced by previous, award-winning volumes, and is enthusiastically recommended for poetry lovers everywhere. "Hearth": A bird has flown / down the chimney Chimney A vertical hollow structure of masonry, steel, or reinforced concrete, built to convey gaseous products of combustion from a building or process facility. . / A redbird redbird: see cardinal. , a fistful fist·ful n. pl. fist·fuls The amount that a fist can hold. Noun 1. fistful - the quantity that can be held in the hand handful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold / of molten life. // We used to make / space for such luck. / Roused / from coiled coil 1 n. 1. a. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding: a coil of rope; long coils of hair. b. dreams // we'd beat the pans / till daybreak, / then raise a fable / from the common ash. |
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