Isbn: 9781732509009 - catching the trade winds: poetry of time and tide (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorHazel Spire s parents were both newspaper reporters in the south of England. Her childhood in a seaside resort, followed by travels in the Middle East and USA inspired Hazel s poetry, as well as two mysteries for middl.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Catching the Trade Winds: Poetry of Time and Tide takes you on a voyage of discovery and delight. Here are sonnets, haiku, limericks, terza rima, blank verse and free verse, all embracing the beauty of words and life's changing scenes. The range of poetic forms, as well as tributes to Keats, Tennyson, Shakespeare, Ginsberg, and others make this book a handy resource for teachers of Language Arts at all levels. Even readers who have not enjoyed poetry before will be drawn in by the rhythms and sensory descriptions on a variety of subjects. The contents are divided into six sections: Youth and Childhood; Here and There; Arts and Letters;Poems of Loss; Poems of Faith; Time and Tide. This collection combines three chapbooks published over several years by Raemark Press.Individual poems were previously published in British and American magazines such as Quartos, Christian Poetry, Runnymede Arts Newsletter, Forces (Collin College), The Reading Room (TWU), Quilt World, and Mature Years. Many of the poems have won awards in regional (Southwest Writers, Kansas Voices) and national (Writers Digest, Byline) writing contests. They have also been performed at open mic venues in London, Texas and Kansas.'Hazel seeks to amaze.she accomplishes with her deft arrow-words penned to the page.' - Janice Rose, Author of MAGNOLIA MOON, TEXAS SAGE, North Texas Book Festival finalist.'Her poetry is peppered with vivid images of seaside towns, island seasons, childhood, and aspects of her life in Texas. She strings words together in sequences and patterns an amateur dreams of.' - Jillian A. Hutcheon, The Colony Times'Remarkable musicality. Spire, a fine wordsmith, manages many poetic devices. These never seem forced, but work together with rhythm and tone to create a longing in the reader.'- Nedra Rogers, Poet, Teacher, Kansas Voices judge.'Poets Corner was honored to have Hazel as the guest host. a local favorite within poetry circles for more than a decade.' - Kathy Steinkopf, Placid Press, Little Elm, TX. …