Also the Gentle World - Couverture souple

Randolph, Robert Morrison

 
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Synopsis

Also the Gentle World includes poems about a woman playing dulcimer while an osprey flies in the rain, the sea breaking on stone inside a moth's wing, and other deep images of intense gentleness. The fifteen four-line poems and one six-line poem build worlds of powerfully focused fragility and the ask the reader to love honestly.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Morrison Randolph was born into a family that had no running water in the house and heated three rooms with one kerosene stove. From his parents he learned about gentleness combined with strength. He has recently retired from college English teaching. He has a B.A., three M.A. degrees, a Ph.D., and significant academic achievement as well as having carried the mail on a rural route and pastored a small country church. This book contains 16 short poems, each an entryway into the a powerful and revelatory world of gentleness.

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