Frost Lights a Thin Flame

Frost Lights a Thin Flame PDF Author: James Owens
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Poetry. "Near the end, she spoke as if waking from a dream/ to common light,/ her fingers on the bedclothes/ untying words to loose like petals of fog.// Whenever her husband's bees/ swarmed from their hives, the noise/ like a saw inside her pulse, she had to run/ after them and bang a kettle with a big spoon,/ a sound the escaping swarm would take for thunder/ and settle on a branch to be caught and housed.// She cried then, she said--just sat and wept,/ every time she saw the bees betrayed--/ and couldn't explain,/ ringed by shocked children, the voice/ of the angry swarm/ that followed her across decades:/ bees, their penned fury."--from the text. James Owens, a native of Virginia, worked for some years in journalism before earning an MFA from the University of Alabama. He now lives in La Porte, Indiana, with his wife and three children, where he works in educational assessment and spends as much time as possible wandering the dunes along the southern shore of Lake Michigan. This is his second book of poems.

Frost Lights a Thin Flame

Frost Lights a Thin Flame PDF Author: James Owens
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Poetry. "Near the end, she spoke as if waking from a dream/ to common light,/ her fingers on the bedclothes/ untying words to loose like petals of fog.// Whenever her husband's bees/ swarmed from their hives, the noise/ like a saw inside her pulse, she had to run/ after them and bang a kettle with a big spoon,/ a sound the escaping swarm would take for thunder/ and settle on a branch to be caught and housed.// She cried then, she said--just sat and wept,/ every time she saw the bees betrayed--/ and couldn't explain,/ ringed by shocked children, the voice/ of the angry swarm/ that followed her across decades:/ bees, their penned fury."--from the text. James Owens, a native of Virginia, worked for some years in journalism before earning an MFA from the University of Alabama. He now lives in La Porte, Indiana, with his wife and three children, where he works in educational assessment and spends as much time as possible wandering the dunes along the southern shore of Lake Michigan. This is his second book of poems.

To Build a Fire

To Build a Fire PDF Author: Jack London
Publisher: The Creative Company
ISBN: 9781583415870
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Describes the experiences of a newcomer to the Yukon when he attempts to hike through the snow to reach a mining claim.

The Quest

The Quest PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474

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March's Thesaurus Dictionary

March's Thesaurus Dictionary PDF Author: Francis Andrew March
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1502

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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language

A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language PDF Author: Francis Andrew March
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1348

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Taking Notice

Taking Notice PDF Author: Patricia McNair
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 66

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Poetry. Patricia McNair's poems combine an earthy honesty with consistent alertness to the beauty of everyday life, especially in family and nature. Whether noticing the ordinary miracles of the suburban backyard, remembering her Oklahoma girlhood, or struggling with the difficulties of divorce and illness, she explores the resonances of her life in a voice which is humorous, comfortably familiar and uncomfortably direct. Patricia McNair (1927-2007) wrote poetry for more than forty years. A native of Oklahoma and a long-term resident of Michigan, she drew inspiration from childhood memories, family stories and the natural world. She was the mother of four and grandmother of eleven. She was an active exponent of poetry in the Saginaw Valley region of Michigan.

Defying the Eye Chart

Defying the Eye Chart PDF Author: Marilyn Jurich
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Poetry. DEFYING THE EYE CHART reaches beyond time to bring the mythic into our contemporary world. The poems in this collection focus on different ways of seeing, or not seeing, the fantastic in reality. Fresh language and vivid images evoke a range of emotions: anger, sadness, love, confusion and more. Ottone Riccio says, "There is a richness about [these poems]; they are powerful while being loving, they include wildness, violence, now and then surrealism." These poems are carefully shaped on the page; the layout of the lines enhances each poem's impact on the reader. Marilyn Jurich is Associate Professor of English at Suffolk University, Boston, where she teaches courses in Fantasy and Folklore, Speculative Literature, Children's Literature and Modern English Poetry. In 1998 in her book Scheherazade's Sisters: Trickster Heroines and Their Stories in World Literature (Greenwood Press), she established a new folklore type, the female trickster, called trickstar. Currently, she lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, with Joseph, her husband, and Joscelyn, their daughter.

Step on the sky

Step on the sky PDF Author: Li Donghao
Publisher: Sellene Chardou
ISBN: 1304467848
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 4479

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At this time, however, a pale palm suddenly stretched out from a pile of sand, followed by the other one. Two palms forcibly opened the sand, and a boy with a blank face slowly climbed up from the bunker

Appalachian Heritage

Appalachian Heritage PDF Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 534

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A Flame in the North

A Flame in the North PDF Author: Lilith Saintcrow
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316440434
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 307

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From New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow comes a thrilling Norse-inspired epic fantasy about ancient myth and magical destiny. The Black Land is a myth: Centuries have passed since that Great Enemy was slain. Yet old fears linger, and on the longest night of the year, people in the South still light ritual bonfires to banish the dark. In her village, this duty falls to Solveig, a girl favored by the gods with powerful fire magic. But when her brother kills a Northern lord’s son during the ritual, it is Sol who faces punishment, by being weregild—part hostage, part guest—in the North for a year and a day. As she journeys to her captivity, Sol starts to realize that the Black Land is no myth. The forests teem with foul beasts. Her travel companions are not what they seem, and their plans for her magic are shrouded in secrecy. With only her loyal shieldmaiden and her own wits to rely upon, Sol must learn to master her powers and wrest control of her fate. For the Black Land’s army stirs, ready to cover the world in darkness—unless Sol can find the courage to stop it.