Muscle Tree - Softcover

Parchim, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945824662 ISBN 13: 9781945824661

Publisher: Flowstone Press, 2024

Synopsis

"In Barbara Parchim’s keenly observed poems, trees, birds, humans, and octopi are neighbors, friends, and confidantes. But far from anthropomorphizing, this is a book of conversations with the living: robins feasting on a too-brief crop of berries, a tree with a dangerous limb hanging over a street, a doctor-turned-potter finding new ways to view the body. Whether she’s walking us through a pet cemetery quietly returning to the forest or the animals of Chernobyl inhabiting the ruins of human folly, Parchim moves us from celebration to elegy with a startling depth of knowledge—and a love for what we’re losing and what we still have." —Amy Miller, author of Astronauts and The Trouble with New England Girls

About this title

About the Author

Barbara Parchim is a poet, gardener, nature enthusiast, visual artist, and frequent wildlife rehabber. She owns and works an organic farm in Oregon that was originally homesteaded in the late 1800s. From an early age she was drawn to the natural world as a place of refuge and discovery and has drawn inspiration and solace from her interactions with wildlife and nature. As a visual artist, Barbara enjoys integrating her writing with her visual imagery. She has worked variously as a landscaper, nursery worker, apple picker, library assistant, travel agent and social worker and volunteered for several years at a wildlife rehab and education center caring for resident raptors and wolves. Her first book of poetry, What Remains, was published by Flowstone Press in October, 2021.

Edition details

• Publisher: Flowstone Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1945824662
• ISBN 13: 9781945824661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94