Water Like the Soul of an Angel.Water Like The Soul Of An Angel Jack B. Jelinski & Sheryl Getman Howling Loon loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebes, loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. They are expert swimmers and divers, sometimes slipping below the surface to swim underwater, but they cannot walk on land and at nesting time must use bill and wings to inch along. Press 4665 Sycamore Terrace, Los Angeles, CA 90065 976328003 $29.95 www.howlingloonpress.com The visually impressive artwork of Sheryl Getman offers a welcome counterpoint counterpoint, in music, the art of combining melodies each of which is independent though forming part of a homogeneous texture. The term derives from the Latin for "point against point," meaning note against note in referring to the notation of plainsong. The academic study of counterpoint was long based on Gradus ad Parnassum (1725, tr. 1943) by Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741), an Austrian theorist and composer. to the original poetry comprising Jack B. Jelinski's Water Like The Soul Of An Angel: Memoirs Of A Fisherman. Jelinski's verse celebrates an enjoyment and appreciation of the outdoors, and for the solitude and peace of mind to be found there. While Casting For Trout: The delicate, white-feather legs of a thistle seed/run upstream with the wind./The fragile physics of a miniature tumbleweed ballet/make it magically spin/against the weight of mountains/while standing still/until/this exquisite balance fails/and must wait to find its moment again/downstream from where you brace our feet/against the current's will. |
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