Weathers Permitting : Poems
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0807130028
ISBN-13
9780807130025
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Imprint
Louisiana State University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2005
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
122 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.20 x 1.10 cms
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Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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In Weathers Permitting, Stephen Sandy's hallmarks of sumptuous diction, vivid Religious faith occupies the core of this tightly focused collection, and poems such as "Stable" - recalling the changes in a family's Christmas ornaments over the years - reveal a reassuring togetherness in the forbidding environment of our time.
Ranging in form from sonnet to free verse, from meditative to dialog poems, Weathers Permitting explores the themes of friends, family, and faith. Whether contemplating a joyful holiday or a dying friend, a missing child or house repairs, Stephen Sandy follows the twists and turns of the mind, bringing us to unexpected insights and ever-deepening awareness. Religious faith occupies the core of this tightly focused collection, and poems such as ""Stable"" -- recalling the changes in a family's Christmas ornaments over the years -- reveal a reassuring togetherness in the forbidding environment of our time, through lyrical affirmations of celebration among darkening shadows.Sumptuous diction, vivid detail, and highly wrought lines are hallmarks of Sandy's style. Here they serve to move us toward a fresh appreciation of the intricacies of human relationships.
""The projector jumps, the foxes around her neck, // not rabid, are holding on, each biting, glass-eyed, // the other's tail. She clambers to the running board // of the Franklin, smiles at us, steps to the house to make // a start. Cut to the fence, the hollyhocks, // and Roddy the red setter nipping sips // from the sprinkler spurting; harnessed, pulling Mopsie // in the red wagon, wagging for his master, who look // sthen catches all of them lolling below the smoke. // In Florida once, he filmed a shambling bear // who danced -- who jigs for us still in his grim gear. // Stop by the fencing, child, and slowly meet them, // a world within the world, a garden walk // to take with them to the portiere, the parlor, scent // of humidor unlidded. They pose on the steps // doffing golf caps, and none may read their moving lips.""- Home Reel
""The projector jumps, the foxes around her neck, // not rabid, are holding on, each biting, glass-eyed, // the other's tail. She clambers to the running board // of the Franklin, smiles at us, steps to the house to make // a start. Cut to the fence, the hollyhocks, // and Roddy the red setter nipping sips // from the sprinkler spurting; harnessed, pulling Mopsie // in the red wagon, wagging for his master, who look // sthen catches all of them lolling below the smoke. // In Florida once, he filmed a shambling bear // who danced -- who jigs for us still in his grim gear. // Stop by the fencing, child, and slowly meet them, // a world within the world, a garden walk // to take with them to the portiere, the parlor, scent // of humidor unlidded. They pose on the steps // doffing golf caps, and none may read their moving lips.""- Home Reel
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