Poetry. Crow it seems sent Jerry Martien to the California North Coast, by indirection, 'where to find/ the sacred groves, ' and Jerry had the luck and wit to find them. His already keenly honed poetic intelligence entered into a new demanding apprenticeship to water, stones, boards, and words. Now we are given these deeply felt poems. Forceful yet sweetly subtle, ranging from public life (citizen's meetings, timber sales --Jerry pulls the coverings off shameful naked weasel words) to --Poems of: care and compassion for ...
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Poetry. Crow it seems sent Jerry Martien to the California North Coast, by indirection, 'where to find/ the sacred groves, ' and Jerry had the luck and wit to find them. His already keenly honed poetic intelligence entered into a new demanding apprenticeship to water, stones, boards, and words. Now we are given these deeply felt poems. Forceful yet sweetly subtle, ranging from public life (citizen's meetings, timber sales --Jerry pulls the coverings off shameful naked weasel words) to --Poems of: care and compassion for elders and companions including cats; lyrics of lonliness, love and family, and of the continent-edge battered by huge Pacific swells; of craft-work and of clear thought --Gary Snyder. The poem surrounds us. The poet loiters deliberately in the dooryard, maintaining cultural access to that nourishing circumstance. Speaks on behalf of that still-living, still-sacred grove, and labors to restore the springs to which we all go when thirsty --Jerry Martien, from his own introduct
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Add this copy of Pieces in Place to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Blackberry Books.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x8; Inscribed and signed by Martien on the title page. The binding is clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Very light soiling and wear to text block edges. Text is unmarked. 128pp.
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