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ISBN10: 1639805672
ISBN13: 9781639805679
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: May 24 2024
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781639805679
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Published: May 24 2024
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The final lines of Spring Pruning, the penultimate poem in Edge Effects, a remarkable new book from Jean Biegun, aptly describe the entire collection: rich, beautiful, sweet and open, tenderly open, / the ageless fruit seedful within. Indeed, each poem resonates with tenderness and aptly worded observations like utterings [that] congregated on the tops of cabinets around the room like pigeons bowing and cooing or gnarled farm accents that braided the wind / like tree roots anchoring soil. Repeatedly, the language is delicious, surprising, and fruitfully meditative. Some poems are informed by rueful regret, such as over an observed spouse's finding new love or a Second Shift in the memory care ward, or over the unthinking many who stride across engineered turf / Talking through our glowing devices. While this lovely book keenly observes surface wonders that delight a poet's eye, the collection overall will edify the heart and awaken a sense of wonder by earning many rereadings.
-Dr. Andy Jones, Poet Laureate Emeritus, Davis, California
Jean Biegun's poems lead us gently but firmly through the everyday and the ethereal. Probing the spectrum of existence from discovery to death and the afterlife, she does not look away from what discourages but allows bravery and hope to outweigh despair. In undercurrents of environmental concern, she weaves together what we find and what we store for unknown tomorrows.
-JoAnn Anglin, author of Heat and Words Like Knives, Like Feathers
-Allegra Silberstein, Poet Laureate Emerita Davis CA
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