The Gift of the Hawk.The Gift of the Hawk Randy Lundy Coteau Books 2517 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK, Canada, S4P S4P Solutions for Partners (Germany) 0T2 1550503030 $10.95 1-800-440-4471 www.coteaubooks.com The Gift of the Hawk is a collection of brief, free-verse poems that search for truth amid darkness, violence, and death, and rejoice in the joy of love amid a complex world. Some poems employ artful art·ful adj. 1. Exhibiting art or skill: "The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" Michael W. Robbins. 2. spacing to better convey their rhythm and impact, while others place stark meaning in a frame of few words. The Gift of the Hawk is best read in one fell swoop, yet its message reverberates with lingering complexity. "Epitaph epitaph, strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. for an Unwritten LAW, UNWRITTEN, or lex non scripta. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs. Poem":--a tiny fossil / from a prehistoric sea / locked forever / in my quiet heart--// cold stone. |
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