Practicing to Walk Like a Heron
Language: English
Published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI, 2013
- Softcover
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From the publisher: "In Practicing to Walk Like a Heron multiple-award-winning Michigan poet Jack Ridl shares lines of well-earned wisdom in the face of a constantly changing world. The familiar comforts of life-a warm fire in winter, a lush garden in summer-become the settings for transcendent and universal truths in these poems, as moments of grief, sadness, and melancholy trigger a deeper appreciation for small but important joys. The simple clarity of Ridl's lines and diction make the poems accessible to all readers, but especially rewarding for those who appreciate carefully honed, masterful verse. Many of the poems take solace in nature-quiet deer outside in the woods, deep snow, a thrush's empty nest in the eaves-as well as man-made things in the world-a steamer trunk, glass jars, teacups, and books piled high near an easy chair. Yet Ridl avoids becoming nostalgic or romantic in his surroundings and shows that there is nothing easy in his celebration of topics like "The Letters," "But He Loved His Dog," "A Christmas List for Santa," and "The Enormous Mystery of Couples." An interlude of full-color pages divides Ridl's more personal poems with a section of circus-themed pieces, adding visions of elephants, trumpets, tents, sequins, and sideshows, and the uniquely travel-weary perspectives of jugglers, trapeze artists, roustabouts, and clowns. Practicing to Walk Like a Heron unabashedly affirms the quirky and eccentric, the small and mundane, and the intellectual and experiential in life. This relatable and emotionally powerful volume will appeal to all poetry readers." This copy is fine, and could be considered as new. No marks or damage at all. .…
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- Title
- Practicing to Walk Like a Heron
- Author
- Jack Ridl
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0814334539
- ISBN 13
- 9780814334539
- Edition
- First paperback.
- Series
- Book 25 of 110: Made in Michigan Writers
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Poems that delight in discovering the comic, sorrowful, empathic, and spiritual in what is often overlooked.
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