Life and Death And Holy in Every Breath: Collection of Poems - Couverture souple

Davis, Christine Salkin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1957468289 ISBN 13 : 9781957468280

Editeur : Wild Rising Press, 2024

Synopsis

With “a stunning collection of poetry” and “a treasure of a book that stirs the senses,” poet, writer, and artist Christine Salkin Davis debuts these inspiring poems that dive deep into what the wide awake heart knows of grief, loss, social justice, life, and spirituality.

In her debut poetry collection, Christine Salkin Davis brings her unique WiseWoman insights to our everyday experiences of life, love, death, and the holy. The poems in this collection—from exquisitely crafted sonnets to deeply thoughtful free verse—weave grief, loss, social justice, spirituality, nature, and love into a powerhouse body of work that illuminates and uplifts the messiness of life. Superbly illustrated with Davis’s own delicate watercolors, this book will touch your heart, enliven your mind, and offer you fresh sweetness to face “disappointing plotlines”:

“yet, this bird sings in the midst of the rain.
I want her eyes to see instead of mine.”
- From Disappointing Plotlines

Writing eloquently through the heartrending deaths of loved ones, our shared experiences of political turmoil, social unrest, and everyday life, Christine Salkin Davis hands us hope, beauty, and inspiration through the holiness that emerges from decay. Davis’ poems give you permission to doubt, cry, believe, and to love—and to always keep your eyes wide open to the miracles that restore beauty to the world.

Notice the way the light sparkles on a leaf in the rain.
Notice the way the moon shimmers with stardust.
Notice the way silver blinds in sunlight.
Notice the dandelion weeds – do not discard,
for they are the favorite of the cardinal,
and she loves yellow flowers, like daisies.
- From Ritual to Restore Beauty to the World

For women, men, your best friend and your neighbors, buy this book for yourself and for gifts. It may change your world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Christine Salkin Davis is a writer, poet, and artist living in Concord, NC. An Emeritus Professor of Communication Studies at UNC-Charlotte, Davis' poetry explores her experiences with death and dying, spirituality, social justice, and compassionate living. She was awarded her Ph.D. from the University of South Florida. She is author and co-author of the narratives End of Life Communication: Stories from the Dead Zone (with J. L. Crane, 2019, Routledge), Talking through Death: Communicating about Death in Interpersonal, Mediated, and Cultural Contexts (with D. C. Breede, 2018, Routledge), Communicating Hope: An Ethnography of a Children's Mental Health Care Team (2014, Routledge), and Death: The Beginning of a Relationship (2010, Hampton Press), as well as six other books related to research methods and narrative pedagogy. Her poetry has been published in Moonstone Arts Center's Neruda Anthology (2023, "My Dream"), Kakalak (2023, "Elegy for America"), The Autoethnographer (2023, "After the School Shooting, in a Death Denying World"), and Stardust Review (2023, "La Luna es Vida"), among other publications. Her poetry collection, Life and Death and Holy in Every Breath, was published by Wild Rising Press in 2024. She is a participant in the Charlotte Center for Literary Arts' Author's Lab, where she is writing her memoir about her experience as a Fulbright Scholar living in Ireland and searching for her ancestors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wild Rising Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1957468289
• ISBN 13: 9781957468280
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Éditeur: Hill Judyth
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