
Porch Poems
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions (Publisher)
Published on 23. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
58 pages
979-8-9873058-7-4 (ISBN)
Description
What happens when four poets, friends for years, gather in a beautiful place to sit on a porch to talk, live, breathe, create poetry for days at a time? These friends all have led workshops and presented poetry and stories to audiences for many years. All are well-known and well respected practitioners and teachers of their craft. But these poetry days were different. These days offered the poets a chance to take a deep, reflective dive into their own approach to the art, at their own pace, with sharp, insightful input from each other. Not only were their skills examined, but also their relationships to the work, to the landscape around them, to the poems that seemed to spring from the mountain air as they laughed, cooked, mused on the porch swing, and absorbed the creative juices surrounding them in that special place. The result is this remarkable chapbook containing some of the output of those sessions over a period of several years. The poems each have distinctive voices, but they are not attributed in the text to the individuals, emphasizing the exceptional bond these poets established with each other and with their surroundings. A lovely and intriguing book.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
87 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9873058-7-4 (9798987305874)
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Cheryl Denise grew up in Elmira, Ontario. She went to the red brick Mennonite church beside the white clapboard Old Order Meetinghouse. After nursing school, she went into Voluntary Service and worked as a public health nurse in La Jara, Colorado. She fell for her future husband while helping to make suppers at the Homeless Shelter where he was volunteering. Now they live in the intentional community of Shepherds Field, near Philippi, WV, in a timber framed home they built when they were young and brimming with energy. Cheryl is the author of the poetry books, "Fences" (2022), "What's in the Blood" (2012), and "I Saw God Dancing" (2005), all published by Cascadia Publishing House, DreamSeeker Books, Telford, PA. She has a spoken word poetry CD, "Leaving Eden" (2012) available on Amazon. She enjoys hiking, canoeing, biking, and cross-country skiing with her husband, Mike Miller. Visit her on Facebook at Cheryl Denise, poet.