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Wild Wild Roses
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9781523895755
ISBN13:
9781523895755
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$23.01
Wild Wild Roses
$23.01
Cynthia Nibbelink Worley's poems have a certain simplicity, directness. They are wistful, honest, bold, yet lyrical. At times child-like, almost na?ve, they nonetheless occasionally allow a "woman with womanly rage" to surface. From remembering "...the sweet scent of ripe apples/fallen among clover and wild wild roses.../in the cool lemon of springtime" to exasperation with "Rush CrazyAss" and Sarah Palin, WILD WILD ROSES both celebrates and laments a rural upbringing, where "...violets sleep close to grass/subdued as rain...," while always seeking to "name the thing beneath the name of the thing"(John Ciardi): "I can only write a poem.../a stupid poem.../...that is at best/...an excuse/for the poem/I will always be trying/to write...."
| Author: Cynthia Nibbelink Worley |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jul 01, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 108 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1523895756 |
| ISBN-13: 9781523895755 |