A portrait, a balance sheet, a snapshot, a taste, a fragment, a slice, a share - of winter. "Look Winter in the Face" is all of these things. A book of poems written during and about one week of one winter, the events of everyday life are the subject matter: snowstorms, bird feeders, grocery shopping, fire hydrants, reading in the library, eating lunch. Their implications are weighed up and their value underlined. Whether serious or humorous, the poems in this collection have a message: pay attention to the ordinary things. Enjoy them. Laugh at them. Be frightened by them. But don't ignore...
A portrait, a balance sheet, a snapshot, a taste, a fragment, a slice, a share - of winter. "Look Winter in the Face" is all of these things. A book o...
After thirteen years, Julia Mallory is a little bored with her job as a commercial lender in a large bank. Cranky customers, tedious staff meetings, and a secretary who thinks she's in charge of the department strain her good nature. Add in a copy machine that won't stay fixed and innumerable staff wedding, baby or birthday showers, and Julia is in sore need of a diversion. When she investigates what seems to be a simple accounting error, she thinks maybe she's found something to break the routine. Her curiosity leads her into some interesting places - city government offices; snarled...
After thirteen years, Julia Mallory is a little bored with her job as a commercial lender in a large bank. Cranky customers, tedious staff meetings, a...
A portrait of springtime in poetry, this book chronicles the everyday experiences of the season as seen by a suburban middle-aged lady who says: Ordinary life is full of all kinds of excitement, mystery, and drama and it's all laid out in front of us, if we'll only pay attention.
A portrait of springtime in poetry, this book chronicles the everyday experiences of the season as seen by a suburban middle-aged lady who says: Ordin...
A collection of poems written by a suburban housewife, artist, and observer of ordinary details, this work focuses on the summer season. It is the third book in a series (previous ones are "Look Winter in the Face" and "Spring Cleaning") that came about as part of the author's process of recovery from long illness.
A collection of poems written by a suburban housewife, artist, and observer of ordinary details, this work focuses on the summer season. It is the thi...
Sit down to write poetry for twenty minutes, one session at a time. Let the words emerge and the poems form themselves without second-guessing or review. Enjoy the process of writing. No subject is too trivial. Everyday concerns and details matter and are worth recording. Edit, revise, but not too much, and do it later, another day. Let the poems assert themselves and don't allow them to be squashed by doubts or rethinking. That's what I did. And here are the results. Claudia McGill is a poet and artist living in Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
Sit down to write poetry for twenty minutes, one session at a time. Let the words emerge and the poems form themselves without second-guessing or revi...
A collection of poems written by a life-long resident of suburbia about her home territory: houses, streets, cars, grocery stores, trees, schools, kids on swings, squirrels.
A collection of poems written by a life-long resident of suburbia about her home territory: houses, streets, cars, grocery stores, trees, schools, kid...
