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Forces: Poems
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781953665003
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Oct 8 2021
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
WORDS OF STRENGTH, PEACE, AND INSPIRATION FOR MILITARY FAMILIES-AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM!
Inspired by great works of visual art, writing, and sculpture-as well as small moments observed alongside her home-schooled daughter and beloved dog Seamus-poet and U.S. Marine Corps spouse Lisa Stice explores the invisible forces and frictions at work in our lives.
Stice is a master of quiet revelation and connection, says the publisher. Her words illuminate how to find beauty, wonder, calm, and strength in a world that too often feels filled with ugliness and chaos.
For example, in Woman Holding a Balance, Stice considers the image of Johannes Vermeer's 1664 painting of the same name, revealing the grounded strength within:
behind her:
a healing grace
the salvation of forgiveness
promise and sacrifice
before her:
value weighed
an equal measure
dignity and decorum
within her:
blood of generations
nurturing warmth
a round-cheeked future
And, in While Daddy's at Training, Our Daughter Asks Questions
I don't know how to explain 35,000 feet-
all I can say is it's very high-yes, far above
our house and those trees, but no, not beyond
the moon or the stars-and how far are those?
but I don't know how to explain that either.
When will he be back?-so I count the days,
point to them on the calendar-what is it like
in the sky?-I say I know it's cold and difficult
to breathe, but I don't know how to explain
50 below or the partial pressure of oxygen.
She pretends to be an airplane-can I skydive?-
and I say when you are much older, but I don't
know if I'd want her to-she counts backwards
then jumps her couple inches-and my heart
rises before it falls back into place again.
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