Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Subjects & Themes - Places

From the cave paintings of Lascaux to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, from the Mo'ai of Rapa Nui to the totem poles of North America, and from the Giza pyramids to the colossal Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, humans have long used unspoken communication that crosses the barriers of language and culture.

From our ancestors' visual acumen to the verbose musings of their descendants, a long journey has transpired. We have only found different portals from which to view, realized our "view is surely restricted" ("Woman Who Fell from the Sky"), or "simply removed more clutter from...

A two week vacation in Ohio provided inspiration for this book of poetry. Adventures and imaginings along the great lake and surrounding landscapes became a travel guide of poems, illustrated with drawings and photographs by the author.

Written over the past quarter century, this collection of poems reflects the way our understanding of life evolves as we age.

Midway through his career as an academician, LELjr began to write the poetry in this collection. The poems reflect his primal love of words and the sounds of language itself. In expressive formats that differ in meter, rhythm, and sound, he captures the emotions and sensations of particular moments, places, and loves in a maturing life. By writing about what has most affected him, the poet allows readers to experience vicariously their own changing awareness...

You can move from city to city, but escape from one place doesn't solve old problems, it sounds new alarms. These poems--which range from suburban Long Island and the barstools of New Orleans to rural Thailand and the reef bottoms of the Philippines--remind us that places can be fled, but the impact of experience remains. Requiem for the Tree Fort I Set on Fire is a coming to terms with a scorched earth policy toward the past. It bears witness to the struggle, perhaps the futility, of traveling the world to find the self.

In her stunning ninth collection of poetry, In June the Labyrinth, Cynthia Hogue tells a deeply personal lyric of love and loss through a mythic story. This book-length serial poem follows Elle, a dying woman, as she travels a trans-historical, trans-geographical terrain on a quest to investigate the labyrinth not only as myth and symbol, but something akin to the -labyrinth of the broken heart.- At the heart of Elle's individual story is the earnest female pilgrim's journey, full of disappointment but also hard-won wisdom and courage--inspired by Hogue's own composited experience...