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Author
Publisher
Penciled In
Pub. Date
2017, ©2017
Physical Desc
75 pages
Description
"These poems speak with a clarity and composure that illuminate the moments Jeanie Greensfelder asks us to consider. And these moments span a life. Girls hoping for kisses ride a merry-go-round; a mother hides evidence of a teenage and failed marriage; a daughter works a jigsaw puzzle, filling in "the tedious sky and earth"; a couple celebrating a 42nd anniversary debates their first date; a sudden illness leaves the speaker "almost believing life...
Author
Publisher
Penciled In
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
60 pages
Description
This delightful collection spans nearly 70 years of the poet's experience tasting apples in the Garden of her life, beginning with her earliest memories as a child of three and ending with observations about grandchildren. The poems of loss of innocence are often sad, subtly nuanced, and always witty and well crafted. Greensfelder has a gifted eye for the poignant detail, the apt metaphor, as good poetry should. These poems evoke insights about ourselves...
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