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The Seasons Bear Us: Poems

Jeanie Thompson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

From wandering the rivers and valleys of her upbringing to veering off the beaten paths in Italy, for her fourth collection of poems, award-winning poet Jeanie Thompson carries the meditations of her heart across the span of a year. Returning to familiar subjectslove, motherhood, her elegiac Southern landscape, and the continuing search for a deeper connection running with her blood Thompsons poems bear lessons grounded in her favorite earth, rich with her most important people, and full of grace. Following the late James Wrights counsel that writing is like the seasons, and the seasons bear us, Thompson refocuses her lens on the longings of the human heart. Masterfully crafted, poem after poem searches out the reader, each moment rich in its own season, bearing the good fruits of honesty and grace from a brilliant poet and a life well lived.

Language: English

Pages: 69

Format: Paperback

Publisher: River City Publishing

Release: March 15, 2011

ISBN: 157966086X

ISBN 13: 9781579660864

The Seasons Bear Us: Poems

Jeanie Thompson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

From wandering the rivers and valleys of her upbringing to veering off the beaten paths in Italy, for her fourth collection of poems, award-winning poet Jeanie Thompson carries the meditations of her heart across the span of a year. Returning to familiar subjectslove, motherhood, her elegiac Southern landscape, and the continuing search for a deeper connection running with her blood Thompsons poems bear lessons grounded in her favorite earth, rich with her most important people, and full of grace. Following the late James Wrights counsel that writing is like the seasons, and the seasons bear us, Thompson refocuses her lens on the longings of the human heart. Masterfully crafted, poem after poem searches out the reader, each moment rich in its own season, bearing the good fruits of honesty and grace from a brilliant poet and a life well lived.

Language: English

Pages: 69

Format: Paperback

Publisher: River City Publishing

Release: March 15, 2011

ISBN: 157966086X

ISBN 13: 9781579660864

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