Some Wonder: poems
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940724023 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 74 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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He and his wife, the writer Stephanie Tames, live in Asheville, North Carolina. Kennedy Poetry Award; and "The Interpretation of Waking Life," winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award. His poems have appeared in "Poetry," "The Cincinnati Review," "Southern Poetry Review," "The Oxford American," "The Sun," and many other venues. About the Author Eric Nelson’s five previous poetry collections include "The Twins," winner of the Split Oak Press Chapbook Award; "Terrestrials," winner of the X.J.
He and his wife, the writer Stephanie Tames, live in Asheville, North Carolina. His poems have appeared in "Poetry," "The Cincinnati Review," "Southern Poetry Review," "The Oxford American," "The Sun," and many other venues. Kennedy Poetry Award; and "The Interpretation of Waking Life," winner of the Arkansas Poetry Award. . Eric Nelson’s five previous poetry collections include "The Twins
Philip Deal said The poems here are a wonderful mixture of delight. The poems here are a wonderful mixture of delight, insight, loss, and love. Most enjoyable is the constant surprise they create, in what is noticed, what is felt, in never knowing which precisely placed word or perfectly crafted phrase will appear next.Nelson's poems share love, of the natural world, of family, and of friends, both living and lost. They have a way of gradually - then quite quickly - striking you, as in Picture Day, when what seems like one kind of pain turns into somethi. "Five Stars" according to Cinderella. Wonderful, touching poetry.
Winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award-2014 & 2015 London Book Festival Award for Poetry & 2015 New England Book Festival Award for Poetry “In his powerful new collection, Some Wonder, Eric Nelson takes his reader ‘abroad’ (and beyond) in the most refined sense of those directives. He takes us deeply into experience and into the uniqueness of place. Yet the mystery of small moments is everywhere present: in each stanza, every poem.” —Katherine Soniat "Don't miss reading this terrific book of poems." --Seth Brady Tucker. The language is lucid, lyrical, and exactly narrative