Visible Heavens
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the 2009 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize “There are poems which carry us clean away, transporting us into worlds as specific as the pink purse the author of Visible Heavens helps a little boy buy for his teacher, Miss Stone. Melancholy and loss, the missing of a gone mother, passion and solitude—stirringly well mixed in one potent brew of a book. Readers will feel at home here, but they’ll also feel ignited with new presences, keenly visible and invisible perceptions—‘It is a gift, this light we carry in our lungs.… ’ Cheers to Joanna Solfrian for a fine first book, the stunning deep breath of her voice.” —Naomi Shihab Nye, judge
Customer Reviews
Exquisite doesn't begin to tell the story...
...of this gorgeous and diverse collection of poems. They are so many things, a handful are these: smart, luminous, inspiring, heart wrenching and spirit soaring, wildly romantic, achingly nostalgic and charming as the saddest night is long.
I'd say we should tie people down and force them to read Visible Heavens, but they would no doubt quickly de-shackle themselves in an effort to reach out for more, more, more. I can't say enough, even as I fear I already have. Buy or beg for this book, and pass it on for the world to read and revel in.