In Vitro: New Short Rhyming Poems Post-9/11 - Softcover

Jamieson, Leland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441471219 ISBN 13: 9781441471215

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

IN VITRO: NEW SHORT RHYMING POEMS POST-9/11 What they're saying: "Formal Poems by a talented poet.... strangely compelling.... At his best, Jamieson resembles a modern-day G.M. Hopkins, frequently using end-rhyme in the subtlest ways and letting the natural rhythm of language...move readers smoothly from line to line. This is evidenced in the beautifully complex sonnet 'Calling Me Home'...." (Kirkus Discoveries) A book of poems makes a unique gift. Give a copy to someone special! This generous collection of 88 poems is divided into six sections: "Reprise -- Weighing in with Papa," "Scotsman Prophecy," "Wood Splitter with Maul and Wedges," "Astral Wings," "Stonewalk Journey," and "Invitation to Negative Space."

About this title

About the Author

Leland Jamieson's first collection of verse was 21ST CENTURY BREAD: Short Rhyming Poems Post-9/11. Reviewers called this volume "Vivid, musical, ripe with powerful verbs, a clear voice, snappy enjambed lines" (Centrifugal Eye); "An Outstanding book of Unity and Grace" (Contemporary Rhyme); "Unique Voice... Powerful storytelling in poetic form" (Antithesis Common). Mr. Jamieson lives and writes in East Hampton, CT. He is a graduate of U.N.C. at Chapel Hill. He's spent most of his working life in performing arts center management. Since 2001 he has preoccupied himself with formal poetry. His goal is to tell stories and present snapshot vignettes that resonate with today's readers in a way they can grasp, and feel grasped by, on multiple levels. His major influences are the work of William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, William Stafford and Timothy Steele. "Teaching myself to write end-rhyming metrical verse is the single most liberating thing I have ever done in my entire writing life," he says. "What it liberates is feeling."

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441471219
• ISBN 13: 9781441471215
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146