Relative Sanity E-Book

Ellen Lord

• Herausgeber: Modern History Press
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

An elegiac array of poems, with nostalgic themes of loss, longing, betrayal and forgiveness, Relative Sanity reflects on a lifetime in Michigan's north country.
"This lovely collection is a kind of travel narrative by a writer who 'can never get enough sky.' In poem after poem, she travels the lands of heartache and joy with grace, clarity and wisdom."
-- Jerry Dennis, author of Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons
"Within this stunning collection, Ellen Lord's poetry takes full flight into the realms of imagination. Deceptively fragile, the poems come to the reader as delicate as glass, but closer exploration reveals the tough structure beneath the lines. Her words carved a place for themselves in my heart: 'a solitary raven destined to nest on the moon,' 'fermata of silence,' 'the sky becomes a palette for memories of going home.' Prepare for enchantment."
-- Sue Harrison, author of national bestselling novel, The Midwife's Touch
"When Ellen Lord channels her inner Mary Oliver, there is a graceful glow to her spare, rich images that--like a Zen sage--can open the reader. Turn the page and find emotional power and grit rendered with equal skill. The balance of familiarity and surprise makes this expansive collection a joy to read and re-read."
--Bob Chelmick, producer/host, The Road Home

Leseprobe

RELATIVE SANITY

Poems

ELLEN LORD

Modern History Press

Ann Arbor, MI

Relative Sanity.

Copyright © 2023 by Ellen Lord. All Rights Reserved.

2nd Printing – October 2023

Cover art by Wendi Wright.

Interior illustrations by Joanna Walitalo.

ISBN 978-1-61599-767-1 paperback

ISBN 978-1-61599-768-8 hardcover

ISBN 978-1-61599-769-5 eBook

Modern History Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lord, Ellen, 1947- author.

Title: Relative sanity : poems / Ellen Lord.

Other titles: Relative sanity (Compilation)

Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Modern History Press, 2023. | Summary: "Anelegiac array of poems, with nostalgic themes of loss, longing, betrayal and forgiveness, Relative Sanity reflects on a lifetime in Michigan's north country"-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023039521 (print) | LCCN 2023039522 (ebook) | ISBN 9781615997688 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781615997671 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781615997695 (epub)

Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry.

Classification: LCC PS3612.O7437 R45 2023 (print) | LCC PS3612.O7437 (ebook) | DDC 811/.6--dc23/eng/20230914

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023039521

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023039522

Contents

Muse

I

Relative Sanity

Raven’s Child

Music

An Elegy

East Branch Rainbow

Going Home

Yearn

II

Another Covid Dream

Who Will Wash Him Clean?

He Survived a Gunshot Wound to the Head

Dark

Guillotine Dream

Therapist’s Dilemma

Dead Husbands

III

Lumberjack Tango

Fickle Moon

Angst

IV

Two Riders

Blues

The Biker’s Wife

Ode to Blue

Summer Heat

Sky Dance

Eros

Forest Bathing (Shin Rin Roku)

Fish Tale: An Elegy

Post Harvest Lament

Interlude

Just A Moment

Seasonal Angst

New Widow

Gypsy Valentine

North Country Elegy

Blursday

Acknowledgements

About the Author:

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