Learning a First Language: Selected Poems and Prose

by Ellen Ray

Learning a First Language is a complex and beautifully crafted collection of skillfully interwoven poetry and prose that explores the themes of memory, regret, hope and the relationship between art and passion.

It begins with "love", a reactionary "stream of consciousness" poem written in response to an unexpected and unsolicited marriage proposal, and ends with the final chapter of the author's meandering narrative account of a character...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595473865
• ISBN13: 9780595473861
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"