Chasing Echoes - Couverture rigide

Barger, Walt

 
9780595658718: Chasing Echoes
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ISBN 10 : 0595658717 ISBN 13 : 9780595658718
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

Chasing Echoes passionately brings the past to the present through nature. Walt Barger sees himself in the ocean that ". . . continues to roll waves to an empty beach," in the dawn that ". . . neatly fold[s] the blanket of stars. . . in the West..." His words gracefully balance the self in nature ". . . like the spindle of a fine time piece." Barger's poetry evokes the simplicity of a past both rural and Southern. Whether he is describing overalls or a weather worn piano, objects take on presence. The language is vivid with a sense of history that is personal and connected. Poems like "Bib with Buttoned Fly" vividly speak of his memories, at eight years old, of owning a new pair of overalls in crisp, sharp lines. The poem "I Wish you Bluebirds" is a poem with surprising freshness in the lines "when ... thoughts are stumbling over stones of clay, I wish you bluebirds to sing, and pave the way." "Walt Barger has a great sense of place. Walking through his poetry, you see family, friends, and neighbors. His use of description takes us home." Margaret Britton Vaughn Poet Laureate of Tennessee

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Chasing Echoes passionately brings the past to the present through nature. Walt Barger sees himself in the ocean that " continues to roll waves to an empty beach", in the dawn that " neatly fold[s] the blanket of stars in the West " His words gracefully balance the self in nature " like the spindle of a fine time piece". Barger's poetry evokes the simplicity of a past both rural and Southern. Whether he is describing overalls or a weather worn piano, objects take on presence. The language is vivid with a sense of history that is personal and connected. Poems like "Bib with Buttoned Fly" vividly speak of his memories, at eight years old, of owning a new pair of overalls in crisp, sharp lines. The poem "I Wish you Bluebirds" is a poem with surprising freshness in the lines "when thoughts are stumbling over stones of clay, I wish you bluebirds to sing, and pave the way." "Walt Barger has a great sense of place. Walking through his poetry, you see family, friends, and neighbors. His use of description takes us home."-Margaret Britton VaughnPoet Laureate of Tennessee

Biographie de l'auteur

Walt Barger was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee between Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, north of The Chickamauga Battlefield, in 1930. He is retired, from his mechanical contracting company. Walt?s inspiration is walking the trails of ?Reflection Riding? where the Cherokee trod the Trail of Tears. Walt still lives in Chattanooga.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595658717
ISBN 13 
9780595658718
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0595287964 ISBN 13 :  9780595287963
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003
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