Who Walks Among the Tree With Charity.Who Walks Among the Tree With Charity Christine Swanberg Wind Publications 600 Overbrook Overbrook is the name of several places: United States of America
1893239357 $14.00, www.windpub.com/books Who Walks Among the Tree With Charity is an anthology of free-verse poetry by award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" author, merit scholarship-winning poet, and writing teacher Christine Swanberg. Some poems contemplate personalities past, mourned, or still living of the late twentieth century; others are spooky spook·y adj. spook·i·er, spook·i·est Informal 1. Suggestive of ghosts or a ghost; eerie. 2. Easily startled; skittish. in their reflection upon death and tragedy, or simple quests for meaning amid mundanity mun·dane adj. 1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular. 2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary. of life. Highly recommended for its thought-provoking and philosophical nature. "A Friend Asks" Why I write poetry, / and though I've dreamed of this moment / for years, it still stops me / like a siren. / Because Mayan women do not weave chevrons / in desert sunset threads / because it is no longer useful. / Because the snowy egret snowy egret White New World egret (Egretta thula; family Ardeidae). It is about 24 in. (60 cm) long and has filmy recurved plumes on the back and head. Formerly hunted for its plumes, it ranges from the U.S. to Chile and Argentina. leaves the marsh forever. / Because the people closest to me suffer. / Because words are bread. / Because writing it is mapless as driving back roads. / Because without it, my life is measured in paychecks. / Because I love you and can't tell you. / Because I couldn't stop even if I wanted to. / Because there are so many questions nobody asks. / Because someone wants to know. |
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