Items related to The Nearest Poem Anthology
Synopsis
The Nearest Poem Anthology is not a hit parade of poems, nor is it a selection of our most popular poets. Once a poem is written, the poet recedes powerless to do more and the poem must rely on a reader for its survival. It is the reader s response to a poem that guarantees its life. The anthology is, therefore, a testament to the multiple lives of poetry, its constant reincarnation. A poem may remain dormant for a while decades, even centuries and then someone picks it up, takes it to heart, finds in its words and nuances echoes of a personal experience. And the poem finds a new birth. Most readers probably have several nearest poems, poems they have approached intimately, tangibly, at different moments of their lives. For the purpose of this anthology, all contributors selected and submitted only one. From the classics to contemporary authors, The Nearest Poem Anthology is a collection of over 100 poems that touched the lives of Virginians, along with an essay they wrote to share their response to the poem, how the poem has been reborn in them. Some poets are represented through several poems: Dickinson, Frost, Longfellow, Donne. It is interesting to see how great poetry drops barriers, how the same poet speaks personally, even intimately, to very different readers. To take Dickinson, for example, the anthology has five of her poems with five corresponding essays. The readers are a U.S. senator, a college professor, a Methodist minister, a twelve-year-old 7th grader, and a retired teacher. This range is further evidence of the word s power to suggest, rather than define. (Excerpt from the Introduction by Sofia M. Starnes, Poet Laureate of Virginia, 2012-2014)
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Sofia M. Starnes is the author of five poetry collections, including A COMMERCE OF MOMENTS (Pavement Saw Press, 2003), Fully into Ashes (Wings Press, 2011) and Love and the Afterlife (Franciscan University Press, 2012). She also has just completed an anthology, Four Virginia Poets Laureate, 2004-2012: An Anthology and Reader's Guide, compiled at the request of the Poetry Society of Virginia and forthcoming from Cedar Creek Press. In addition to a Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, she has received numerous awards for her work, including the Aldrich Poetry Prize, the Transcontinental Poetry Editor's Prize, the Whitebird Poetry Series Prize, the Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry Prize, and the Virginia Writers Club Superior Achievement Award in Poetry. In 2009, she was designated a Distinguished Scholar by Union College (KY). She is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who of American Women. Sofia serves as Poetry Editor of the Anglican Theological Review and mentors other writers through her professional editing service, Creative Writing Critiques. In 2012, she was appointed Poet Laureate of Virginia by Governor McDonnell.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCEDAR CREEK PUB
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0989146502
- ISBN 13 9780989146500
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages252
- EditorStarnes Sofia M.
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantCan't find the book you're looking for? We'll keep searching for you. If one of our booksellers adds it to AbeBooks, we'll let you know!
Create a Want