Glint - Edstrom, Lois Parker

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Résumé :
When a poem inspires you to wander down to your local inlet to view the spoonbills, herons and pied stilts, then it's not unreasonable to say the poet has made a connection! Glint is a dazzling three-part collection containing poems of place, nature and family. Lois Parker Edstrom ferments, shapes and bakes words, creating an optimal environment for every poem to develop and flourish. Only when it's reached perfection, she presents it to us, often with a subtle spiciness which teases the palate at the end of the tasting. Filled with humour, delicacy, soulfulness, and boldness, this collection is worthy of world-wide recognition. -Ruth Arnison, QSM, curator of Poems in the Waiting Room, New Zealand The precise language of these poems is astounding as it works through both sensation in nature and the soul. This poet melds nature, family, and surprising imagery into a unique equation that is both harsh and subtle. I feel blindsided in a perfect way when reading this collection; this is work that sticks hard. -Amy MacLennan, author of The Body, A Tree

Biographie:
Lois Parker Edstrom, a retired nurse, began writing poetry ten years ago. Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Birmingham Arts Journal, Clackamas Literary Review, Floating Bridge Review, Rock & Sling, Connecticut River Review, Adanna, and Mobius. Her chapbook, What Brings Us To Water won the Poetica Publishing Chapbook Award, 2010 and a second collection, What's To Be Done With Beauty, was published by Creative Justice Press, 2012.

Sommaire:
Lois Parker Edstrom, a retired nurse, is the author of two chapbooks and seven full-length collections of poetry, including Night Beyond Black, Glint, The Lesson of Plums, and The Language of Tides, published by MoonPath Press. She has received two Hackney Literary Awards, the Outrider Press Grand Prize, the Westmoreland Award, and the Benefactor's Award from Whidbey Island Writers Association. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, been read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac, and featured in TedKooser's American Life in Poetry. Edstrom's career in nursing and her poetic passion coalesced when her poetry appeared in Poems in the Waiting Room, a publication furnished to hospitals and doctors' offices in New Zealand. Her poetry has been translated into Braille and adapted to dance by the Bellingham Repertory Dance Company. The natural beauty of Whidbey Island, where she lives with her husband, inspires much of her work....