Xeme
by Rebecca Newth | Poetry | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0912090081 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0912090081 Global Overview for this book
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/28/2021
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1 journaler for this copy...
I got this softcover from an online seller mainly on the strength of the title - "Xeme" is a variety of seagull.
The poems here touch on a variety of subjects, and range from exotic/surreal to slice-of-life (including a snippet about a mildly-irksome customer at a public library). Among my favorite bits: from "The Visionary Corncrib," the lines "It is true I am scared. I am like a cat I hate to move. A new house is like new shoes"; and "Vesuvius" - which includes a quote from an Emily Dickinson letter that I hadn't heard before: “Vesuvius don’t talk, Etna don’t. They said a syllable, one of them, a thousand years ago and Pompeii heard it and hid forever”.
The poems here touch on a variety of subjects, and range from exotic/surreal to slice-of-life (including a snippet about a mildly-irksome customer at a public library). Among my favorite bits: from "The Visionary Corncrib," the lines "It is true I am scared. I am like a cat I hate to move. A new house is like new shoes"; and "Vesuvius" - which includes a quote from an Emily Dickinson letter that I hadn't heard before: “Vesuvius don’t talk, Etna don’t. They said a syllable, one of them, a thousand years ago and Pompeii heard it and hid forever”.
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Maple St. and Falcon Ridge in Milford, New Hampshire USA on Monday, February 1, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (2/1/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library, Maple St. and Falcon Ridge in Milford, New Hampshire USA
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I left this book in the Little Free Library on the Wilton/Milford border, just ahead of a snowstorm; hope someone enjoys the book!
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*** Released for the 2021 Great Backyard Bird Count challenge (see www.birdcount.org to join the count). ***
I left this book in the Little Free Library on the Wilton/Milford border, just ahead of a snowstorm; hope someone enjoys the book!
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2021 Great Backyard Bird Count challenge (see www.birdcount.org to join the count). ***