Musings of a Meandering Poet

von Ted Bowman

94 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The author has collected an assortment of poems and prose pieces drawn from several phases of his life. Some offer personal reflections on both childhood and recent family occurrences. Here bird songs and political events in Belfast rub shoulders, ducks on a pond and rainy days in the mountains. Embracing silence and playing with family pets. A second section contains a collection of incidental "there and then" and "here and now" poems, merging childhood reflections of scary places, visiting relatives, and receiving gifts with adult reconsiderations of those and other remembered times. The final section is an "in memorium" of sorts, containing a chronological journal of laments on the death of the author's wife and grandson, reflections on being a widower, and the joys of learning to dance again in the midst of grief.The poetry is casual, unforced, sometime almost stream-of-consciousness. An element of curiosity and openness surfaces repeatedly, and also a sensitivity to those zones of life that are likely to remain mysterious. In one poem a casual description of car repairs leads to insights about how to realign aspects of the poet's own daily routines, including such advice as "put more miles in your life, not in your car." The entire collection, in fact, might be described as an effort to appreciate both life's straight and narrow roads and also the curves, intersections, other drivers.A long, rhymed poem about the simple act of taking a walk is followed by a description of volunteer work at a local coop, with plenty of opportunities to reflect on the wonders of daily living, and then a third describing the challenges of responding to a grandson's struggles with addiction.One reviewer notes that "these poems reflect on deep questions with a light touch." Another observes that "whether reflecting on childhood, community or grief, the author invites readers to walk alongside him through life's meanderings."

• ISBN: 9781947237742
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2026
• Größe: 224 x 147 mm
• Verlag: Nodin Press