Spangling Darkness - Softcover

Block, Raphael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986060011 ISBN 13: 9780986060014

Publisher: Poetic Matrix Press, 2014

Synopsis

"Raphael's voice is a tool for sanity and survival in a world where hazards keep appearing on our path...The poems in...SPANGLING DARKNESS illuminate his love for life and engagement with the natural world and with the community. SPANGLING DARKNESS ignites the imagination for a new vision that allows the earth to mend. This is the gift of Raphael Block as a poet whose spirit resonates in our common humanity and binds us together." -J. GLENN EVANS, from the Foreword

About this title

About the Author

Born on a kibbutz in Israel to pioneering parents, Raphael Block spent his boyhood playing on the hills of Haifa. Just before turning nine, his family moved back to England. Learning English shaped his ear for sounds, and the British climate and temperament fashioned his life over the next 25 years until he met and married an American living in London. In 1993 they moved to Northern California with their daughter. His partner died from cancer in 2002, and for the following years he feels it was his privilege to raise their girl. Raphael has worked with children of all ages for almost 30 years. He lives in an old apple orchard outside of Sebastopol, CA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Poetic Matrix Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0986060011
• ISBN 13: 9780986060014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 81