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    612-822-4611

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Stone Venus

Stone Venus

Reed, Jo

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0956890415
ISBN13: 9780956890412
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jun 27 2011
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

'Only the core of her left -
a memory of being whole.
I keep her upon my bookshelf,
hold her neat within my hand,
reminded of the life in stone.'

Jo Reed's encounter with the original 'Stone Venus', entangled amongst seaweed on a Corfu beach, was the source of much inspiration, creativity and comfort to the lifelong artist. Now, it has become the seed of her first collection of poetry; a collection you could soon be holding in your outstretched hand, much like Jo held 'Venus' herself on that cold morning.

The poet demonstrates a fascination with objects - as well as people, memories and places - throughout this moving, delicately-crafted debut, which inhabits them, transports them to decades past, then brings them back into the present with a series of skillful literary flourishes. This is writing to touch, inspire and astonish any reader - even those made of stone.

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