A Dream of Wide Water

By Sharon Whitehill

Book Overview

What do a love story unfolding and honeybee lore have in common? Cosmology and Humpty Dumpty? Sharon Whitehill's full-length collection of poems, A Dream of Wide Water, finds such surprising connections. We become part of the intimate life of the the poet as she is leaving a bad love affair and on the tentative brink of a new one. These poems carry us through to an autumnal walk through a forest that seems to become a cathedral, then to life in a beekeeper's orange grove. Yes, reader, she married him.

But that's only the start. Each poem that follows connects in some way to the world of nature: human nature not least of all. Themes emerge in the process: moments that leave their mark on a child, the unveiling of an identity, our human role the world, reflections on human behavior, the existence (or not) of God. All find a home in these poems. This poet presents us with what we might call an old-fashioned romantic spirit--yet it's one equipped with a sense of humor linked to an ironic eye.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647647088
• ISBN13: 9781647647087
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Atmosphere Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"