Swimming Lessons

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Ebook en format EPUB. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480481534

<DIV><B>This marvelous collection brings together the finest of Nancy Willard&rsquo;s work&#160;</B><BR /><BR />Transporting us from Michigan farm country to the streets of New York, from a family picnic by a stream to snow-covered fields peopled by angels, the poems gathered here represent the best of Nancy Willard.<BR /><BR />Willard&rsquo;s gift for peeling back everyday existence to reveal something magical and wondrous is everywhere in evidence here. Ordinary trees become surreal landscapes &ldquo;fanning the fire in their stars&rdquo; and &ldquo;spraying fountains of light.&rdquo; Poems featuring Great Danes, donkeys, and rabbits reveal Willard&rsquo;s love for all living creatures. &ldquo;How to Stuff a Pepper&rdquo; and &ldquo;A Psalm for Running Water&rdquo; coexist with poems about visits from God. The title poem tells the story of Willard at seven, while &ldquo;Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him&rdquo; explores the joys and pitfalls of being a mother.<BR /><BR />Offering imagery from mythical goddesses to pumpkin saints to wise jellyfish, these are poems of astonishing imagination and grace, and will introduce a new generation of readers to Willard&rsquo;s remarkable body of work.</DIV>