- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Hushion House (July 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1581770588
- ISBN-13: 978-1581770582
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 150 g
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Book Description
Master of spiritually alert yet down-to-earth fiction (magical realism) Elizabeth Cunningham now unveils her unique species of poetry related to Rumi and Rilkedevotional yet psychologically poignant, like dreaming while awake or laughing while crying. Short, highly focused, and superbly balanced poems take us into the psychically charged universe of her novelstributes to the sacredness of the earth and a very incarnate human longing for the divine. Writing from her own richly embodied, passionately feminist perspective with a vision of spiritual health beyond shame, she creates a world with affinities to the work of Robertson Davies, Gabriel Garcia Marquz, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, as well as earlier writers (C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and George McDonald).
About the Author
Elizabeth Cunningham is the author of The Wild Mother, How to Spin Gold, The Return of the Goddess, and upcoming Daughter of the Shining Isles: Vol.1 of The Magdalen Triology. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Powerful, moving work, Mar 13 2000
By Patricia Monaghan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Small Bird: Poems and Prayers (Paperback)
I was familiar with Elizabeth Cunningham's magnificent fiction when I picked up this book of poetry, but even despite my enjoyment of her prose work, I was stunned speechless by the simple and profound beauty of her words. I found myself emailing friends around the nation with various poems, and calling local friends to read special favorites. This book will never leave my shelf!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Earthy and luminous--wonderful poems, Feb 17 2000
By C. Johnson "wellpriestess" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Small Bird: Poems and Prayers (Paperback)
This poetry is fresh and strong as a good cup of coffee, powerful in its simplicity, sometimes very funny, always meaningful. Everyone will find something to treasure in Small Bird--it is a jewel of a book, with the power to move, to inspire, even to heal. Give it to all your friends: they will love it as much as mine do. All of us have discovered poems here that will be guides and talismans for us, lifelong. Beautiful!
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Not really about a small bird or any other aspect of nature, Feb 21 2005
By merrymousies - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Small Bird: Poems and Prayers (Paperback)
Not what I expected. I had been looking for a book of nature poems - one that celebrated the wonders of nature and pointed out its subtleties in poetic ways that make you think. This book doesn't do that. Most of the poems are written in the first person (e.g. I did this.....my mind does that, etc). There are words and analogies from nature mixed in but its definitely more about the author's predicaments or struggles rather than about the beauty of nature itself. An example is the one entitled Mother's day...."Praise to my mother, who is now the dirt I crumble in my hands as I dig to plant flowers on her grave....." I think the overall theme of the poems has more to do with self reflection, reflecting on the death of her mother, reflecting on childhood, etc. There are a few poems that I liked but it just wasn't the nature focus I had expected.
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